Design History

Monument Man: The Life & Art of Daniel Chester French

Princeton Architectural Press and The National Trust for Historic Preservation recognized the value and importance of award-winning historian Harold Holzer’s manuscript that portrayed sculptor Daniel Chester French, whose best-known work is the Abraham Lincoln monument on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The Press and the National Trust found in Jan Hartman an editor experienced in design history to complete a deep content edit of the manuscript. Jan worked closely with the author and the director of the National Trust’s Chesterwood, the former home and studio of French, to produce the definitive biography of America’s best-known sculptor.

Princeton Architectural Press, 2019

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“It is a thing as rare as it is welcome – an authoritative book about a visual artist that is both well written and jargon free, and that seamlessly addresses a professional audience as well as the general reader. Just such a book is what the historian Harold Holzer has given us in Monument Man: The Life and Art of Daniel Chester French.”

~Wall Street Journal

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