The Mount Rushmore Story (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Judith St. George
- First Published: 1985
- Time of Work: 1867–1983
- Setting: Black Hills, South Dakota
- Principal Characters: Gutzon Borglum, James Lincoln Borglum, Doane Robinson, Peter Norbeck, John Boland
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Social action, Art or artists, Native Americans or American Indians, Patriotism, Presidents, Sculpting or sculptors, Biography
- Locales: Black Hills, SD
Form and Content
Judith St. George’s biography of Gutzon Borglum, The Mount Rushmore Story, is also an evolutionary biography of Mount Rushmore itself that provides readers with an intimate look at the monument’s genesis, from the scouting for a suitable mountain to the making of decisions about exactly who the sculpture would portray. Chronicling the sixteen-year struggle for completion of the project, the book also documents the conflicts that, because of Borglum’s volatile personality, arose from the time of the project’s inception to its conclusion and that...
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