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The Gateway Arch : celebrating western expansion / by Joanne Mattern.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Mattern, Joanne, Let's celebrate America ; | Core content libraryPublisher: South Egremont, MA : Red Chair Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 32 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781634402286
  • 1634402286
  • 9781634402385
  • 1634402383
Other title:
  • Celebrating western expansion
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Heading West -- Land from France -- New discoveries -- The Gateway to the West -- The frontier closes -- Honoring westward expansion -- Finding an architect -- Digging deep -- The arch takes shape -- Inside the arch -- The last piece -- Catching the light -- Visiting the Gateway Arch.
Summary: "This magnificent arch rises on the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri. The nation's tallest monument is the centerpiece of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, honoring Thomas Jefferson's vision of westward expansion. Mired in controversy in the beginning, this amazing structure is now a national treasure and symbol of the nation's reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific."-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 977.866 M435 Checked out 06/11/2024 33111008708964
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This magnificent arch rises on the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri. The nation's tallest monument is the centerpiece of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, honoring Thomas Jefferson's vision of westward expansion. This magnificent arch rises on the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri. The nation's tallest monument is the centerpiece of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, honoring Thomas Jefferson's vision of westward expansion. Despite its controversial beginning, this amazing structure is now a national treasure and symbol of the nation's reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This magnificent arch rises on the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri. The nation's tallest monument is the centerpiece of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, honoring Thomas Jefferson's vision of westward expansion. Mired in controversy in the beginning, this amazing structure is now a national treasure and symbol of the nation's reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific."-- Provided by publisher.

Heading West -- Land from France -- New discoveries -- The Gateway to the West -- The frontier closes -- Honoring westward expansion -- Finding an architect -- Digging deep -- The arch takes shape -- Inside the arch -- The last piece -- Catching the light -- Visiting the Gateway Arch.

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