The Gateway Arch : celebrating western expansion / by Joanne Mattern.
Material type:![Text](/opac-tmpl/lib/famfamfam/BK.png)
- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781634402286
- 1634402286
- 9781634402385
- 1634402383
- Celebrating western expansion
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 977.866 M435 | Checked out | 06/11/2024 | 33111008708964 |
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.