Monument Maker: Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial [Hardcover]

The story of a boy who was shaped by history into a sculptor who gave history shape. The environment that nurtured Daniel Chester French is given loving treatment by Sweeney and Fields. This new release book is the perfect history lesson and fascinating biography of Daniel Chester French,the sculptor who created the Lincoln Memorial.?Daniel was just a farmboy until creation of the Lincoln Memorial, so perhaps your childrenknow of the memorial but do they know Daniel Chester French? Dan taught himself to sculpt and launched his career with the famous Minuteman Statuein his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. ?Now history, of a manassassinated, lives on with a rich history non-fiction story forchildren and how you never know when your gift will become somethingthis amazing. After all, he was just sculpting for the love of sculptingand had no idea his masterpiece would become such a national tributevisited by so many to come. VERDICT A good, simple biography on a lesser-known creator of a very famous landmark.