Description: Lafayette in the Somewhat United States Trade Paperback, - First Riverhead Edition, Illustrated Chronicling General Lafayette’s years in Washington’s army, 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. Coinciding with one of the most contentious presidential elections in American history, the elderly Lafayette’s sentimental return tour of America in 1824, when three fourths of the population of New York City turned out to welcome him ashore. As a Frenchman and the last surviving general of the Continental Army, Lafayette belonged to neither North nor South, to no political party or faction. He was a walking, talking reminder of the sacrifices and bravery of the revolutionary generation and what the founders hoped this country could be. His return was not just a reunion with his beloved Americans it was a reunion for Americans with their own astonishing, singular past. New, never read and in great condition. From a clean, non-smoking home. Questions ??? Contact me INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING done through Ebay’s Global Shipping Program Note: Color may vary some due to monitor settings
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Publication Year: 2016
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Book Title: Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
Signed: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Author: Sarah Vowell
Features: Illustrated, First Riverhead Edition
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Genre: History, Biography & Autobiography
Topic: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Europe / France, United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Political, Historical, Military
Edition: First Riverhead Edition
