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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.
i gave this 4 stars because of the quality of the writing . It was not an exciting book to read but i am sure that if i were reading it 100 years ago, i would have thought differently. by todays standards it would be considered corny. i have 9 more volumes by this author which i will read but not right now. perhaps two per year , i could do that.