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Author Vowell, Sarah, 1969- author.

Title Lafayette in the somewhat United States / Sarah Vowell.

Publication Info. New York : Riverhead Books, 2015.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Display Shelf  92 LAFAYETTE    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY LAFAYETTE    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. LAFAYETTE, M.    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B LAFAYETTE, MARQUIS DE    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  B LAFAYETTE    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  BIO LAFAYETTE    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  BIOGRAPHY LAFAYETTE    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIOGRAPHY MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  B LAFAYETTE M.    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  B LAFAYETTE MARQUIS DE V    Check Shelf

Description 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272).
Summary On August 16, 1824, an elderly French gentlemen sailed into New York Harbor and giddy Americans were there to welcome him. Or, rather, to welcome him back. It had been 30 years since the Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette had last set foot in the United States, and he was so beloved that 80,000 people showed up to cheer for him. The entire population of New York at the time was 120,000. Lafayette's arrival in 1824 coincided with one of the most contentious presidential elections in American history. Congress had just fought its first epic battle over slavery, and the threat of a Civil War loomed. But Lafayette, belonging to neither North nor South, to no political party or faction, was a walking, talking reminder of the sacrifices and bravery of the revolutionary generation and what they wanted the country to be. His return was not just a reunion with his beloved Americans, it was a reunion for Americans with their own astonishing singular past.
Subject Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 -- Influence.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, French.
Generals -- France -- Biography.
Statesmen -- France -- Biography.
Generals -- United States -- Biography.
France -- Politics and government -- 1789-1900.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834. (OCoLC)fst00052665
American Revolution (1775-1783) (OCoLC)fst01351668
Generals. (OCoLC)fst00939841
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) (OCoLC)fst00972484
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Statesmen. (OCoLC)fst01131990
France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Biographies.
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781594631740
1594631743
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