The Carving of Mount Rushmore Paperback by Rex AlanSmith

Product Details

• Publisher: Abbeville Publishing Group (1995-01-03)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 416 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781558596658
• Item Weight: 368.55 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

The first book to tell the complete story of Rushmore.

"I had seen the photographs and the drawings of this great work. And yet, until about ten minutes ago I had no conception of its magnitude, its permanent beauty and its importance." —Franklin Delano Roosevelt, upon first viewing Mount Rushmore, August 30, 1936

Now in paperback, The Carving of Mount Rushmore tells the complete story of the largest and certainly the most spectacular sculpture in existence. More than 60 black-and-white photographs offer unique views of this gargantuan effort, and author Rex Alan Smith—a man born and raised within sight of Rushmore—recounts with the sensitivity of a native son the ongoing struggles of sculptor Gutzon Borglum and his workers.

About the Author

Rex Alan Smith is the author of The Carving of Mount Rushmore and Moon of Popping Trees: The Tragedy at Wounded Knee and the End of the Indian Wars. He also co-authored Pacific Legacy: Image and Memory from World War II in the Pacific (Abbeville). Smith is a veteran of thirty-six months with the Army Engineers in the Pacific. He lived in Box Elder, South Dakota.