Lafayette in the somewhat United States
(Large Print)
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Published:
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, [2015].
Format:
Large Print
Edition:
Large print edition.
Physical Desc:
375 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
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"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."--
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Guilford Adult Large Print
LP 944.04 VOWELL
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Orange/Case Adult Large Print
Biography LAFAYETTE [Marquis de] Vowell [Large Type]
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Subjects
LC Subjects
France -- Politics and government -- 1789-1900.
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.
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.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781410483737
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APA Citation (style guide)
Vowell, S. (2015). Lafayette in the somewhat United States. Large print edition. Waterville, Maine, Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Vowell, Sarah, 1969-. 2015. Lafayette in the Somewhat United States. Waterville, Maine, Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Vowell, Sarah, 1969-, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States. Waterville, Maine, Thorndike Press, 2015.
MLA Citation (style guide)Vowell, Sarah. Lafayette in the Somewhat United States. Large print edition. Waterville, Maine, Thorndike Press, 2015.
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