Magnificent art complements an unvarnished history of the Statue of
Liberty and its relationship to immigration policy in the United
States throughout the years. What began in 1865 in Glatigny,
France, at a dinner party hosted by esteemed university professor
Edouard Rene de Laboulaye and attended by, among others, a
promising young sculptor, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, was the
extravagant notion of creating and giving a monumental statue to
America that celebrated the young nation's ideals. Bartholdi, and
later civil engineer Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, caught the spirit of
the project and thus began the epic struggle to create, build,
transport, and pay for the monument. Although The Statue of Liberty
was to be a gift from France, the cost of its creation was meant to
be shared with America. To the Lady's creators and supporters,
America offered liberty and the right to live one's life
unencumbered-that is, without fear and with a rule of law and a
government that derived its power from the consent of the people it
governed. Yet, in America, fundraising for the Lady dragged. Had it
not been for publisher Joseph Pulitzer's flashy fundraising
campaign in his newspaper the World, the entire project likely
would have collapsed. The tale, abundant with lively and
interesting stories about the Statue of Liberty's creators, is also
told in the context of America's immigration policies-past and
present. Explored, too, is the American immigrant experience and
how it viscerally connects to the Lady. Also integral to the tale
is poetry-a sonnet-written by a then-largely unknown Jewish poet,
Emma Lazarus, who moved a nation and gave a deeply rich and fresh
meaning and purpose to the statue. In addition to the prose, Lady
Liberty includes thirty-three elegant, full-page stirring paintings
by celebrated artist Antonio Masi. Lady Liberty, a smart, timely,
entertaining, and nonpartisan jewel of a book, is written for every
American-young and old. Lady Liberty also speaks to the millions
who dream of one day becoming Americans. Dim and Masi offer this
book now because the Statue of Liberty, as a symbol of American
beneficence, has never been more relevant . . . or more in
jeopardy.
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