Lincoln Borglum was a young boy when his father suggested to a group of South Dakota businessmen that he should carve the faces of four presidents into the side of a mountain as an attraction for tourists.
Lincoln Borglum is just a boy when his father, sculptor Gutzon Borglum begins work on Mount Rushmore. Gutzon dies before the work can be completed and the son continues and completes it. The book has value in introducing this family and National Monument to young readers, however, a word of caution. According to the American Indians in Children’s Literature website, there are a number of inconsistencies and stereotypes in the portrayal of the Lakota.
ISBN: 978-0803737310 40 pages Ages 6-10
Editor's note: Setting is South Dakota
40 pages
Recommended by Alice L. Cyphers, Librarian and Reading Specialist, Pennsylvania, USA
