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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Vowell, Sarah, 1969-     Subjects     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.     Generals -- France -- Biography.     Statesmen -- France -- Biography.     Generals -- United States -- Biography.     United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, French.     France -- Politics and government -- 1789-1900.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Vowell, Sarah, 1969-       by title:      Lafayette in the som...       by call number:      355.0092 L161v     Search the Web     Vowell, Sarah, 1969-     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.     Generals -- France -- Biography.     Statesmen -- France -- Biography.     Generals -- United States -- Biography.     United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, French.     France -- Politics and government -- 1789-1900.       MARC Display

Lafayette in the somewhat United States / Sarah Vowell. by Vowell, Sarah, 1969- Riverhead Books, 2015. Call #: 355.0092 L161v Subjects 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.   Generals -- France -- Biography.   Statesmen -- France -- Biography.   Generals -- United States -- Biography.   United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, French.   France -- Politics and government -- 1789-1900. ISBN:  9781594631740 (hc.) 1594631743 (hc.) Description:  274 p. : ill. ; 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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 355.0092 L161v Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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