cover image Building Liberty: A Statue Is Born

Building Liberty: A Statue Is Born

Serge Hochain. National Geographic Society, $16.95 (46pp) ISBN 978-0-7922-6765-2

In cartoon panels and economical text, four fictional characters describe aspects of the progress of Building Liberty: A Statue Is Born by Serge Hochain. Beginning with young Leo's metalworking apprenticeship in France with Frederic-Auguste Bertholdi and Gustave Eiffel, the book follows the Statue of Liberty's progress across the Atlantic aboard a French naval ship through the eyes of young Francois, and young Ben describes fundraising efforts to pay for the statue in the States. The fourth perspective comes from Angus, an Irish immigrant who helps construct the statue in New York harbor. .