Where Is Mount Rushmore?
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–11 · 2015 · Est. 55 min read

Where Is Mount Rushmore?

Written by True Kelley and Who HQ · Illustrated by John Hinderliter

Part of the Where Is . . . ? series

A Danish-American sculptor and his son take a trip out west and begin an incredible project to carve a sculpture into the side of a mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

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112 pages· 6,505 words· Est. 55 min read· 800L
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Gutzon Borglum dreams of sculpting four presidents into a South Dakota cliff, but faces skepticism and financial hurdles during the Great Depression. Can his vision overcome the odds and controversy?

From the publisher

It was world-famous sculptor Gutzon Borglum’s dream to carve sixty-foot-high likenesses of four presidents on a granite cliff in South Dakota. Does that sound like a wacky idea? Many at the time thought so. Borglum faced a lot of opposition and problems at every turn; the blasting and carving carried out through the years of the Great Depression when funding for anything was hard to come by. Yet Mount Rushmore now draws almost three million visitors to the Black Hills every year. This is an entertaining chronicle of one man’s magnificent obsession, which even today sparks controversy.

At a glance
Format
Paperback
Pages
112
Words
6,505
Reading age
8–11
Audience
Juvenile Reader
Lexile
800L
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Reading levels
ATOS
~5.1
F&P level
~S
Publication
Published
February 5, 2015
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780448483566

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