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Brick By Brick (2012)

by Charles R. Smith Jr.(Favorite Author)

3.82 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0061920827 (ISBN13: 9780061920820)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Harper Collins

review 1: This book is a story of how the White House was built. The home of our president was built by many hands, several of them slaves', who undertook this amazing achievement long before there were machines to do those same jobs. Many people don't take the time to think of who built the White House. The illustrations bring to life the faces of those who endured hard, brutal work when the profit of their labor was paid to the master, not the slave. The fact that many were able to purchase their freedom after earning money from learning a trade speaks to the strength of those individuals. Cooper works in his signature palette of muted browns and yellows and depicts the individual faces that are filled with weariness and pride.
review 2: This book is a story of how The... more White House was built with slaves. It more about slavery than the White House construction, however. The illustrations are detailed yet muted with plenty of browns and grays. Author's note at the end explains why he chose to focus on the slaves hands- because so much of the work done today by machines did not exist in the late 1700s when The White House was originally built. less

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