Saving Lady Liberty
Joseph Pulitzer's Fight for the Statue of Liberty

Author Claudia Friddell and illustrator Stacy Innerst tell the story of Hungarian-American journalist and activist Joseph Pulitzer and his campaign to build the base for the Statue of Liberty in this engaging work of picture-book biography. Emigrating to the United States as a young man, Pulitzer fo......more

This picture book biography shares Joseph Pulitzer's immigration story and his efforts to run the first crowdfunding campaign in order to fund a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty. This book is very well-written, has creative mixed media illustrations, and brings that era of history to life with won......more

I love finding stories of everyday people who make history to share with my third graders. I think it's important for them to know that every single person can make a difference if they believe in something and work hard enough. Saving Lady Liberty is one of those stories! In it we meet Joseph Pulitz......more

"Joseph Pulitzer loved words. And the word he loved best was liberty.Maybe that's because Joseph, the son of a wealthy Jewish merchant, enjoyed freedoms that other Jewish boys outside of Pest, Hungary could not. But after his father died when Joseph was eleven, his world changed forever." That is Cla......more

Saving Lady Liberty: Joseph Pulitzer's Fight for the Statue of Liberty is a children's picture book written by Claudia Friddell and illustrated by Stacy Innerst. It is centered on a poor Jewish immigrant who understood what liberty meant and crusaded for Lady Liberty's pedestal. Joseph Pulitzer was a......more