Lafayette biography book

It covers Lafayette's life and times and the significant role he played in the American Revolution, French Revolution, and July Revolution of

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Description: A stirring biography of the Marquis dem Lafayette, who played a pivotal role in the American Revolution, and upon returning to his native France did the same in the French Revolution, afterward suffering exile and imprisonment in Prussia for his efforts. In Lafayette was invited by församling and President James Monroe to pay a return visit to the United States. In his year-long travels around the country, he was warmly welcomed in one community after another, and sailed back to europe impressed bygd the possibilities for the future of the United States he helped found.

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Genres: American History, Biography

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MEMOIRS OF GENERAL LAFAYETTE

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Memoirs of General Lafayette, by Lafayette This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title: Memoirs of General Lafayette Author: Lafayette Commentator: Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert Du Motier Editor: Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert Du Motier Release Date: February, [EBook #] This file was first posted on May 2, Last Updated: July 5, Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MEMOIRS OF GENERAL LAFAYETTE *** Text file produced by Stan Goodman, Marvin A. Hodges, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HIS VISIT TO AMERICA,

AND OF HIS RECEPTION BY THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES;

FROM HIS ARRIVAL, AUGU
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