While the French and American governments dithered, Bartholdi made the statue a reality by his own entrepreneurship, vision, and determination. He also came up with inventive ideas to raise money, including exhibiting the torch at the Phildaelphia world's fair and charging people to climb up inside. Grant, Joseph Pulitzer, Victor Hugo, Gustave Eiffel, and Thomas Edison - to help his scheme. There he enlisted the help of notable people of the age - including Ulysses S. Book Review: 'Liberty's Torch' by Elizabeth Mitchell - WSJ Dow Jones, a News Corp company About WSJ News Corp is a global, diversified media and information services company focused on creating. Liberty's Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty Audible Audiobook Unabridged Elizabeth Mitchell (Author), Andi Ackerman (Narrator), & 1 more 134 ratings Editors' pick Best History See all formats and editions Kindle 2.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. A young sculptor inspired by a trip to Egypt where he saw the pyramids and Sphinx, he traveled to America, carrying with him the idea of a colossal statue of a woman. By Elizabeth Mitchell - Libertys Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liber (Reprint) () Paperback on. Bartholdi not only forged this 151-foot-tall colossus in a workshop in Paris and transported her across the ocean, but battled to raise money for the statue and make her a reality. For decades, the myth has persisted that the statue was a grand gift from France, but now Liberty's Torch reveals how she was in fact the pet project of one quixotic and visionary French sculptor, Fr d ric Auguste Bartholdi.

The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable monuments in the world, a powerful symbol of freedom and the American dream.

Liberty's Torch by Elizabeth Mitchell