Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, had an Ahab-like obsession with Colossalism-a scale that matched his ego and the era.
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Mount Rushmore was to be his crowning achievement, the newest wonder of the world.
He ran with the Ku Klux Klan and mingled with the rich and famous from Wall Street to Washington, many of whom became his clients and/or subjects.
He learned how to be a celebrity from Auguste Rodin, how to be a political bully from Teddy Roosevelt.
Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, had an Ahab-like obsession with Colossalism-a scale that matched his ego and the era