Creating the Vietnam Veterans Memorial : the inside story
Record details
- ISBN: 0786479094
- ISBN: 9780786479092
- ISBN: 1476619883
- ISBN: 9781476619880
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Physical Description:
1 online resource
remote - Publisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Cover -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. "What about a memorial?" -- 2. The Man and the Idea -- 3. 144.50 -- 4. The West Pointer and the Sculptor -- 5. Friends in High Places -- 6. New Recruits but Bunko Too -- 7. Two Acres -- 8. National Velvet -- 9. The Buck, the Millionaire, and Action on All Fronts -- 10. Crisis on the Hill, but Promise of a Rose Garden -- 11. Design Disputes -- 12. The Fundraising Maze -- 13. Not Afraid of Virginia Woolf -- 14. Burning Out -- 15. The Largest Architectural Design Competition Ever -- 16. "What the hell is that?" -- 17. Unveiling and Reaction -- 18. Who's the Real Mother? -- 19. The Sacred Names and the Inscription -- 20. Our Opponents Take the Field -- 21. "A nasty five hours" -- 22. Prefixes -- 23. Moving Dirt and Molding Clay -- 24. "Art war" -- 25. "A felt need in this country for healing" -- 26. Our Moment -- 27. The Truce Ends -- 28. The Diva Sings -- 29. Safe at Home, but No Applause -- 30. "Our Parthenon" -- Postscripts -- Index. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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