| Description |
xiv, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-359), endnotes (pages [285]-335), and index. |
| Contents |
Broken Hearts and Greek Role Models -- A Rebel Joins the Cause -- Turning Back the British Tide : The Battle of Saratoga -- French Egos and Colonial Conspirators -- Washington's West Point Architect -- A Rock, an African Prince, and America's Traitor -- A Polish Yankee Goes South --Love and Rockets -- Fiddling Lords and Enslaved Hordes -- Europe's First Constitution and the Polish Revolution -- The "Noble" Traitors -- Kosciuszko's Rebels : Peasant Scythemen, a Burgher Militia, and a Jewish Cavalry -- Poland Is Wiped Off the Map -- Kosciuszko Tries to Free Jefferson's Slaves -- Napoleon Comes Up Short -- A Peasant Without a Country. |
| Subject |
Kościuszko, Tadeusz, 1746-1817.
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Generals -- Poland -- Biography.
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Statesmen -- Poland -- Biography.
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United States. Army -- Officers -- Biography.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns.
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Poland -- History -- Partition period, 1763-1796.
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Poland -- History -- 1795-1815.
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| ISBN |
9780312388027 alkaline paper |
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0312388020 alkaline paper |
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