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Liberty Summer
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ISBN13: 9781733576710
Publisher: Paul Bignardi
Published: Sep 7 2025
Pages: 226
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In 1988, two years after the Statue of Liberty was renovated and celebrated its Centennial birthday, Paul Bignardi journeyed east from California and spent one memorable summer living and working as a National park Ranger on Liberty Island. At the same time as he led tours and staffed posts on Liberty Island, he met a New York branch of his family he barely knew and learned about his family history from older members who passed by the Statue of Liberty as they emigrated to America through Ellis Island two generations earlier.
Equal parts history, humor, and personal reflection, Liberty Summer offers a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the work of guiding thousands of visitors while simultaneously protecting one of the world's most famous monuments, and in a final chapter - it offers a reflection how much has changed and how much has stayed the same on Liberty Island an in New York, and how the Statue of Liberty and Ellis continue to be an inspiration for all Americans past, present and future, regardless of how they made their way to America.
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