9781523795826

Kennedy Square (1911) by Francis Hopkinson Smith (World's Classics)

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ISBN13: 9781523795826

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Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 - April 7, 1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories and received awards for his paintings.Smith was born in Baltimore, Maryland, a descendant of Francis Hopkinson, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He graduated from the Boys' Latin School of Maryland.Smith became a contractor in New York City and did much work for the federal government, including the stone ice-breaker at Bridgeport, Connecticut, the jetties at the mouth of the Connecticut River, the foundation for the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, the Race Rock Lighthouse (southwest of Fishers Island, New York) and many life-saving stations. His vacations were spent sketching in the White Mountains, in Cuba and in Mexico. He also visited and sketched in Venice, Constantinople and the Netherlands.

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9781523795826

ISBN-10

1523795824

Weight

1.13 Pounds

Dimensions

8.50 x 0.49 x 11.00 In

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$9.50

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

216 pages

Publisher

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Published On

2016-01-31



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