By ROBERT J. CASEY
and MARY BORGLUM
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY, INC.
Publishers
Indianapolis New York
Copyright, 1952, by Mary Borglum
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 52-5804
First Edition

To
Lincoln and Louella,
Mary Ellis and David

Beauty is like a soul that hovers over the surface of form.
Its presence is unmistakable in Art or in Life. The measure
of its revelation depends on the measure of our own soul-consciousness,
the boundaries of our own spirit.
—Gutzon Borglum

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[1.]Mountaintop[15]
[2.]The Dim Beginning[22]
[3.]Alone[30]
[4.]California[36]
[5.]Overseas Art[45]
[6.]England[55]
[7.]Quiet in New York[66]
[8.]Variety of Life in a Studio[79]
[9.]The Birth of a Myth[87]
[10.]Public Memorials[94]
[11.]Stamford and Politics[104]
[12.]Chicago Convention[113]
[13.]And Dr. Trudeau[126]
[14.]Aircraft Investigation[137]
[15.]Flight, Patience and Sheridan’s Horse[151]
[16.]Wars of America Memorial[159]
[17.]Stone Mountain[171]
[18.]The Imperishable Monument[182]
[19.]The Emergence of Lee[195]
[20.]Money[204]
[21.]Aftermath[214]
[22.]Backsight[220]
[23.]And So Forward[230]
[24.]Tribute to Wilson[238]
[25.]For the Parks[244]
[26.]The Czecho-Slovak Army[250]
[27.]The Noble Sport[255]
[28.]Friends and Home[263]
[29.]Shrine of Democracy[275]
[30.]Dedication[284]
[31.]Carving the Mountain[293]
[32.]Conversation[300]
[33.]—And Final Peace[309]
Index[321]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[Gutzon Borglum][Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
[Interior of 38th Street Studio][30]
[Model of Angel’s Face][31]
[Borglum Working in First Improvised Studio at Stamford][40]
[“Dr. Trudeau,” The Beloved Physician][41]
[“General Sheridan”][56]
[“Wars of America” Model][57]
[“Abraham Lincoln”][64]
[Gutzon and Mary Borglum][65]
[Stone Mountain][96]
[Working Platform Near Summit of Stone Mountain][96]
[Model of Stone Mountain Group][97]
[Stone Mountain, Showing Superimposed Carving of Central Group][128]
[North Carolina Memorial at Gettysburg][129]
[“The Trail Drivers”][160]
[The Borglums’ Daughter][161]
[Woodrow Wilson Memorial at Poznan][192]
[Torso and Leg of Dancer][193]
[Gutzon Borglum and Son Lincoln][224]
[Lincoln Borglum][225]
[Lincoln and Gutzon Borglum in Hoist][256]
[Plaster Model in Mountain Studio][257]
[View of Rushmore Showing Heads of the Four Presidents][288]
[F.D.R. at the Unveiling of Jefferson, August 1936][289]

GIVE THE MAN ROOM