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# Read ! Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell Ñ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Lafayette in the Somewhat United States Vowell’s narrative look at our somewhat united states is humorous, irreverent and wholly original.From the Hardcover edition.. From the bestselling author of Assassination Vacation and The Partly Cloudy Patriot, an insightful and unconventional account of George Washington’s trusted officer and friend, that swashbuckling teenage French aristocrat the Marquis de Lafayette. Chronicling General Lafayette’s years in
| Title | : | Lafayette in the Somewhat United States |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.13 (706 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0399573100 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-02 |
| Language | : | English |
Sarah Vowell is the bestselling author of Lafayette in the Somewhat United States, Unfamiliar Fishes, The Wordy Shipmates, Assassination Vacation, and The Partly Cloudy Patriot.From the Hardcover edition.
Vowell’s narrative look at our somewhat united states is humorous, irreverent and wholly original.From the Hardcover edition.. From the bestselling author of Assassination Vacation and The Partly Cloudy Patriot, an insightful and unconventional account of George Washington’s trusted officer and friend, that swashbuckling teenage French aristocrat the Marquis de Lafayette. 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
But the other quality that shines through is her optimism. I have seen eyes glaze over when I talk about this sort of thing, but anyone familiar with Vowell’s oeuvre knows what a knack she has for making the (seemingly) mundane fascinating. An Best Book of October 2015: The Marquis de Lafayette, a.k.a. You will be smarter and less cynical after reading it. So, why would a young French aristocrat venture to our shores to join Washington’s army and fight in the Revolutionary War? He came for the glory! He came because he believed in American ideals! He came to escape his in-laws! But, mainly it was for the Enlightenment ideas that were unevenly embraced by many of his fellow comrades—ideas that impacted how the war played out. one of George Washington’s best buds, is the subject of Sarah Vowell’s latest offering, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States.
"Sharply humorous, insightful, and stirring" according to Jaylia. Sarah Vowell’s acerbic, insightful wit comes through loud and clear in this fascinating account of French General Lafayette and his role in the American Revolution, but it took me a while to adjust to her irreverent banter in print--as well as being an author Vowell is also known for her radio pieces on This American Life. This book runs almost 270 pages w. "What they didn't teach you in high school" according to Phelps Gates. It's always a pleasure to see another Sarah Vowell book come out, and this is another of her highly readable efforts. Most Americans are vaguely aware that someone named Lafayette had something to do with the Revolution, and this book supplies the details, including entertaining portraits of many of the supporting characters. I had no idea that Pierre Beaumarcha. kahemingway said A Short, Entertaining Read About the French Hero of the American Revolution. Having last year become more acquainted and interested in the Marquis de Lafayette, I started looking for books on the subject. After seeing this book by chance at a local book store, I decided to download it for Kindle. While the author's political inserts sometimes irked me, I enjoyed the book as it was entertaining and the subject matter itself is great.The b
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