Sentinel

The Unlikely Origins of the Statue of Liberty

Francesca Lidia Viano

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$35.00 • £28.95 • €31.50

ISBN 9780674975606

Publication Date: 10/22/2018

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592 pages

5-1/2 x 9 inches

25 color photos, 22 photos

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Prologue
1. Sea-Bound Comet
2. The Winter Party
3. The Fondeur
4. An American Astray
5. The Sin of Color
6. The Road to Hell
7. The Atelier of the Exiles
8. Monsters Out
9. Lighthouses of the World
10. Hidden Devils
11. Queen of the South
12. Fables of Madness
13. Cuckoo Apocalypse
14. The Veiled Valkyrie
15. Hemispheric Conversion
16. Revenge
17. The American Scene
18. Stella
19. Adorable Woman
20. Autopsia
21. The Democratic Watch
22. Open Tomb
23. Children’s Torch
24. The Phantom of the Opera
25. Miscendo Utile Dulci
26. Advice to All Nations
27. The Idea
Epilogue: Dot-dot-dot-dash
Notes
Acknowledgments
Illustration Credits
Index

Awards & Accolades

Honorable Mention, 2019 Gilbert Chinard Prize, Society for French Historical Studies and the Institut Français d’Amerique

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