The Parthenon .
He lives on the North Fork of Long Island, New Yo.
His other books include Liberty, Ships of the Air, Into the Ice: The Story of Arctic Exploration, Rushmore, The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Capital, and, most recently, Parthenon .
Sibert Informational Honor Book Award for Brooklyn Bridge, comes from a family of intense sports fans.
About author(s): Lynn Curlee , who received a Robert F.
Sibert Informational Honor Book award for Brooklyn Bridge , explores the tremendous history behind one of the most recognizable buildings in the world, the Parthenon .
Lynn Curlee , who won a Robert F.
It grew out of war and strife, political uprisings and financial difficulties, and remains a symbol of what humanity -- at its very best -- is capable of accomplishing.
The Parthenon is without rival in regard to its beauty, purity of design, and tumultuous history.
And today its proud, ruined columns stand high above the city of Athens, Greece, the last sentinels of what\'s often considered to be the most important architectural achievement in the world.
Plato and Socrates, Phidias and Pericles contemplated philosophy, art, drama, and democracy on its steps.
Wars were fought all around it.
It was ravaged by the early Christians, occupied by the Turks, and looted by the British.
The Parthenon
