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Product Identifiers

PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.

ISBN-100393061388

ISBN-139780393061383

eBay Product ID (ePID)127339074

Product Key Features

Book TitleFor Liberty and Glory : Washington, Lafayette, and Their Revolutions

Number of Pages512 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Presidents & Heads of State, Political, Historical

Publication Year2007

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorJames R. Gaines

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight32.7 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2007-022449

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal973.4/1092 B

SynopsisIn a single, thrilling narrative, Gaines tells the story of the American and French Revolutions--and their leaders--and provides fascinating insights into George Washington and Marquis de Lafayette and their personal transformations., On April 18, 1775, a riot over the price of flour broke out in the French city of Dijon. That night, across the Atlantic, Paul Revere mounted the fastest horse he could find and kicked it into a gallop.So began what have been called the sister revolutions of France and America. In a single, thrilling narrative, this book tells the story of those revolutions and shows just how deeply intertwined they actually were. Their leaders, George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette, were often seen as father and son, but their relationship, while close, was every bit as complex as the long, fraught history of the French-American alliance. Vain, tough, ambitious, they strove to shape their characters and records into the form they wanted history to remember. James R. Gaines provides fascinating insights into these personal transformations and is equally brilliant at showing the extraordinary effect of the two freedom fighters on subsequent history., On April 18, 1775, a riot over the price of flour broke out in the French city of Dijon. That night, across the Atlantic, Paul Revere mounted the fastest horse he could find and kicked it into a gallop.So began what have been called the "sister revolutions" of France and America. In a single, thrilling narrative, this book tells the story of those revolutions and shows just how deeply intertwined they actually were. Their leaders, George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette, were often seen as father and son, but their relationship, while close, was every bit as complex as the long, fraught history of the French-American alliance. Vain, tough, ambitious, they strove to shape their characters and records into the form they wanted history to remember. James R. Gaines provides fascinating insights into these personal transformations and is equally brilliant at showing the extraordinary effect of the two "freedom fighters" on subsequent history., They began as courtiers in a hierarchy of privilege, but history remembers them as patriot-citizens in a commonwealth of equals.

LC Classification NumberE312.25.G35 2007