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- Type
- Novel
- Era
- 2000s
- Signed
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- Book Series
- Historical
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Personalized
- No
- Original Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Vintage
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- ISBN
- 9781594631740
- Book Title
- Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
- Item Length
- 9.1in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Europe / France, United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Political, Historical, Military
- Item Width
- 6.2in
- Item Weight
- 17.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 280 Pages
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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 rickety, seemingly doomed patriot cause. While Vowell's yarn is full of the bickering and infighting that marks the American past--and present--her telling of the Revolution is just as much a story of friendship: between Washington and Lafayette, between the Americans and their French allies and, most of all between Lafayette and the American people. Coinciding with one of the most contentious presidential elections in American history, Vowell lingers over the elderly Lafayette's sentimental return tour of America in 1824, when three fourths of the population of New York City turned out to welcome him ashore. As a Frenchman and the last surviving general of the Continental Army, Lafayette belonged to neither North nor South, to no political party or faction. He was a walking, talking reminder of the sacrifices and bravery of the revolutionary generation and what the founders hoped this country could be. His return was not just a reunion with his beloved Americans it was a reunion for Americans with their own astonishing, singular past. Vowell's narrative look at our somewhat united states is humorous, irreverent and wholly original.
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1594631743
ISBN-13
9781594631740
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208674177
Product Key Features
Book Title
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Europe / France, United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Political, Historical, Military
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.1in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
17.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
E207.L2v69 2015
Reviews
Praise for Lafayette in the Somewhat United States : "[Vowell] takes an open and observant "Hey, that's nuts" stance toward past and present, which results in a book that's informative, funny and insightful." - TIME At once light-footed and light-hearted, her histories are -- dare I say it -- fun. And Lafayette is no different. Even amid defeats at Brandywine and despair at Valley Forge...Vowell emerges from the Revolutionary War with an unabashed smile on her face. I'd be surprised if her reader doesn't, too." - NPR.org "Sarah Vowell turns her keen eye and droll wit to the American Revolution in her latest historical venture, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States ... Vowell, of course, doesn't just give us the highlights; she offers a portrait of [Lafayette] and his older contemporaries, with whom he found friendship, glory, and endless bickering." - Cosmopolitan "You can't beat Sarah Vowell for quirky chronicles of American history's dark side." - Chicago Reader "Vowell takes on American history as only she can, this time with the story of Frenchman theMarquis de Lafayette, a Revolutionary War hero." - USA Today "To impress the history buff at the table, read Vowell's (ever the expert in, really, everything) in-depth and irreverent account of George Washington's decorated general Lafayette, which also looks to our own political climate for context."-- Marie Claire "Nobody recounts American history the way Sarah Vowell does, with irreverence and humor and quirky details -- history and facts, but also entertainment. [ Lafayette in the Somewhat United States ] is about the friendship between George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette, but in Vowell's inimitable style it is also firmly grounded in the present."-- Minneapolis Star Tribune "Here's one historian who is a born storyteller." - Philadelphia Inquirer "Vowell's rollicking, sly humor is the perfect spoonful of sugar to down with her intensive research and historical insight." - Huffington Post " If you ever wanted an insightful and entertaining look at the friendship between George Washington and his French aristocrat general Marquis de Lafayette, this book by Sarah Vowell...should be on your list." - Kansas City Star "Vowell's sort of the Quentin Tarantino of popular history: She weaves pop culture and real life into her narrative, breaking down the barriers that keep history buried in the past." -The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Vowell is especially skilled at making detours seem natural and relevant, including in this case a swing by the boyhood home of Bruce Springsteen, which was in the neighborhood of a battle site and, hey, a historical landmark in its own right (plus, she adds, one of the Boss's relatives was a Revolutionary soldier)... An intoxicating blend of humor and emotional weight." - The AV Club "What so funny about American History? A lot, when it's Sarah Vowell telling the story." - Omnivoriacious "Lafayette is lucky he has Sarah Vowell in his court." - New Republic "With laugh-out-loud humor and her characteristic snark, Vowell (who will discuss the book in D.C. on Thursday) makes this walk through history a walk in the park." - The Washington Post, "Sarah Vowell is a Madonna of Americana." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "I love Sarah Vowell's writing--it's smart, funny, soulful, even educational." --Nick Hornby "These commentaries are the thoughtful and thought-provoking musings of a genuine patriot--one who loves her country even if its politics disappoint her." -- The Seattle Times "[Vowell's] a complex blend: part brilliant essayist, part pop-culture-loving comedian and a full-time unabashed history geek. The mixture makes her both proudly pointy-headed and forever entertaining.... Vowell's breezy style often disguises her solid craft and the richer messages below her work's shiny surface, so don't be fooled. She's a genuine treasure." -- The Seattle Times "Vowell makes an excellent traveling companion, what with her rare combination of erudition and cheek." --Bruce Handy, The New York Times Book Review "For those of us who'd rather harvest our history lessons from The Simpsons than the History Channel, Vowell is a latter-day hero.... Fascinating." -- Elle "Vowell likes to explode myths and reveal hypocrisy wherever she finds it... Vowell is an American original... She is somehow simultaneously patriotic and rebel, cynic and dreamer, and an aching secularist in search of a higher ground. -- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Refreshingly, Vowell doesn't have just opinions; she has beliefs... [A] singular mixture of whimsy, honest, and seriousness." -- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Vowell takes as her province the innumerable eccentric ways that people manage to squeeze personal and civic meaning out of a world framed by pop culture... Her wit makes these stories funny, of course, but so do her curiosity and ear for vernacular, which yield further revelation and insight." -- The Washington Post "Vowell could make a trip to the DMV interesting. Delighting in the ironies and oddities of America's past, she succeeds by telling history through her own skewed filter." -- The Baltimore Sun "Droll, intelligent, and persuasive." -- Entertainment Weekly "Sarah Vowell's canny brand of humor, complaint, and cultural acuity will no doubt be heard for some time to come." -- Harper's Bazaar
Copyright Date
2015
Lccn
2015-024639
Dewey Decimal
355.0092 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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