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20 de oct. de 2015 · Lafayette in the Somewhat United States is a humorous and insightful portrait of the famed Frenchman, the impact he had on our young country, and his ongoing relationship with some of the instrumental Americans of the time, including George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and many more. more. GENRE. Nonfiction.
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States is a humorous and insightful portrait of the famed Frenchman, the impact he had on our young country, and his ongoing relationship with some of the instrumental Americans of the time, including George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and many more.
[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
20 de oct. de 2015 · His own no-daddy blues are gone now. Well-told and admonitory. Share your opinion of this book. Another Vowell-ian romp through history, politics, and pop culture, this time revisiting the story of Lafayette, the French contributions to victory in the American Revolution, and his farewell tour through the United States in 1824.
20 de oct. de 2015 · I will surely get them all. I decided to start with “Lafayette in the Somewhat United States” because I just finished David McCullough’s “The Greater Journey” and Lafayette feature prominently in the opening chapters. I thought it would be a lot of fun to have Sarah tell me a story about Lafayette and I was right.
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States is a 2015 history of America written by Sarah Vowell.Vowell uses the perspective of the Marquis de Lafayette—a Frenchman who longed to fight with the Americans and win military glory—to give an irreverent, timely history of the United States, with relevant implications for America’s modern political situation.
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States Quotes Showing 1-30 of 98. “That, to me, is the quintessential experience of living in the United States: constantly worrying whether or not the country is about to fall apart.”. ― Sarah Vowell, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States. 33 likes.
