Great white fathers : the story of the obsessive quest to create Mount Rushmore / John Taliaferro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taliaferro, John, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.)--History.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.).

Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941.

Borglum, Gutzon.

Physical Description:

453 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, [2002]

Summary:

"Great White Fathers" is at once the biography of a man and the biography of a place, told through travelogue, interviews, and investigation of the unusual records that one odd American visionary left behind. It proves that the best American stories are not simple; they are complex and contradictory, at times humorous, at other times tragic. Photos.

Contents:

Preface: Hiding in Plain Sight 1

1 American Horse 5

2 The Thieves Road 23

3 Garden of the Gods 47

4 Great Man 65

5 Art for America 87

6 Insurgent Among Insurgents 117

7 Size Matters 147

8 A Rock and a Hard Place 185

9 Cliff Notes 219

10 Worthy of Immortality 249

11 Sorry Old Warrior 293

12 Expedient Exaggeration 319

13 Doksa Black Hills 347

14 Presidents View 381.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1891620983

OCLC:

49681449