Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
Title: Lafayette in the Somewhat United States Author: Sarah Vowell ISBN: 9781594631740 Publisher: Riverhead Books Published: 2015 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine Q 1640247 Publisher Description: 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