The voice of liberty
Subtitle: the story of Emma Lazarus.
By: Illustrated by Charles W. Walker.
Series: Covenant books [6]
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
Published: 1959
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
Subjects: Lazarus, Emma, 1849-1887.
Description: "A biography of Emma Lazarus, the American poet who is probably best known for her sonnet 'The new Colossus, ' the closing lines of which appear on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty ... [A] portrayal of her life in a wealthy, well-established Jewish family, her career as a writer, her growing consciousness of her Jewish heritage, and her crusade to help Jewish refugees in America and to further Jewish nationalism." Booklist.