Abraham Lincoln Sculpture Created by Avard T. Fairbanks

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Fairbanks Art and Books, 2002 - 168 pages
During a career of professional sculpture spanning more than 75 years, Avard T. Fairbanks created nearly 100 public monuments and many other fine masterpieces of art. Among these, a significant number were of Abraham Lincoln for locations throughout the United States. This collection is intended to promote the ideals that Abraham Lincoln personified and also to illustrate how a monumental sculpture is created.

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Contents

Lincoln The Frontiersman
1
Young Lincoln Reading The Life of George Washington
33
The Chicago Lincoln
53
Lincoln The Friendly Neighbor
73
Memorials To The LincolnDouglas Debates
86
Author Poet and Lincoln Historian
99
Color Plates 113120
113
Lincoln The Legislator
121
Albert Woolson Last Survivor of The Grand Army of The Republic
129
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
135
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Avard T. Fairbanks created nearly 100 public monuments and many other fine masterpieces of art during his career as a professional sculptor spanning more than 75 years.

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