Lafayette in the somewhat United States
(Book)
"Chronicling General Lafayette’s years in Washington’s army, Vowell reflects on the ideals of the American Revolution versus the reality of the Revolutionary War. Riding shotgun with Lafayette, Vowell swerves from the high-minded debates of Independence Hall to the frozen wasteland of Valley Forge, from bloody battlefields to the Palace of Versailles, bumping into John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Lord Cornwallis, Benjamin Franklin, Marie Antoinette and various kings, Quakers and redcoats along the way. Drawn to the patriots’ war out of a lust for glory, Enlightenment ideas and the traditional French hatred for the British, young Lafayette crossed the Atlantic expecting to join forces with an undivided people, encountering instead fault lines between the Continental Congress and the Continental Army, rebel and loyalist inhabitants, and a conspiracy to fire George Washington, the one man holding together the rickety, seemingly doomed patriot cause."--
Generals -- France -- Biography.
Generals -- United States -- Biography.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, -- marquis de, -- 1757-1834 -- Influence.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, -- marquis de, -- 1757-1834.
Statesmen -- France -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, French.
Notes
Vowell, S. (2015). Lafayette in the somewhat United States. New York, New York, Riverhead Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Vowell, Sarah, 1969-. 2015. Lafayette in the Somewhat United States. New York, New York, Riverhead Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Vowell, Sarah, 1969-, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States. New York, New York, Riverhead Books, 2015.
MLA Citation (style guide)Vowell, Sarah. Lafayette in the Somewhat United States. New York, New York, Riverhead Books, 2015.
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