A LEGACY CARVED IN STONE BOSTON-BORN SCULPTOR DEPICTS CRAZY HORSE

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: April 30, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

BLACK HILLS, S.D. - You'd think that we'd know his name. You'd think if a man from Boston, born on Harrison Avenue, orphaned at the age of 1, beaten and abused his whole childhood, grew up and did something great something no one else has ever done we'd have at least heard of him.

You'd think that conceiving and working for 35 years on the biggest sculpture in the world, bigger than the pyramids in Egypt, would be a shoo-in to fame.

We know the bad guys the Albert DeSalvos, the Whitey Bulgers, the Father John Geoghans. Our culture makes celebrities of them. But the good guys? They're ignored. ...

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