Where Is Mount Rushmore?

Where Is Mount Rushmore?

NONFICTION HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY • PENGUIN "WHERE IS...?" SERIES

Part of Penguin’s bestselling Where Is...? series, Where Is Mount Rushmore? invites young readers on an extraordinary journey into the heart of the Black Hills of South Dakota to explore the creation, history, and monumental scale of one of America's most iconic landmarks.

In the early 1920s, world-famous sculptor Gutzon Borglum arrived in the Black Hills with an audacious vision: to carve sixty-foot-high likenesses of four United States presidents directly into a sheer granite cliffside. Over fourteen years of treacherous high-altitude engineering, dynamic dynamite blasts, and painstaking chisel work, that vision became a reality. This engaging history answers the big questions—how the location was chosen, why those four specific presidents (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln) were selected, and how workers hung in mid-air to shape stone into history.

"A detailed, easy-to-comprehend biography of one man’s life, his magnificent obsession, and one of America’s greatest symbols."

Core Historical & Engineering Highlights:

• The Visionary Sculptor: Explores Gutzon Borglum's monumental ambition and the monumental artistic choices behind the memorial.

• Engineering the Mountain: Details how workers operated drills and dynamite hundreds of feet in the air on the granite face of Mount Rushmore.

• Presidential Symbolism: Examines why Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln were chosen to represent the birth, growth, development, and preservation of the United States.

Key Book Features at a Glance:

Perfect For:

• Young Historians & Readers (Ages 8–12): Children fascinated by American history, massive construction projects, and national monuments.

• Classroom & Library Collections: A go-to resource for social studies, geography, and U.S. history units.

• Fans of the Where Is / Who Was Series: Readers collecting educational adventures exploring famous places and global landmarks.