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Lafayette : the boy general
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- Date
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- 2007
- Publisher
- Madison, Wisconsin: Parallel Press
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- Author
- Kaminski, John P.
- Publisher
- Madison, Wisconsin: Parallel Press
- Date
- 2007
- Series
- Parallel Press chapbook
- Description of Original
- 117 p. ; 23 cm
- Format
- Text
- Language
- English
- [Cover]
- [Title Page]
- [Dedication]
- Preface
- Introduction
- Early life
- The American mission
- Escaping France
- On American soil
- A cool reception
- In the commander-in-chief's family
- An excellent bit of good fortune
- Back with the commander-in-chief
- The first skirmish
- The division commander
- Honing his skills
- Going home
- The second American tour
- Commanding the flying camp
- Maintaining the alliance
- A treasonous affair
- Combating inactivity
- Capturing the traitor
- The Virginia campaign
- Lobbying at home
- The peacetime visit to America
- Returning to France
- The French Revolution
- The nation's guest
- An American burial
- Bibliography
- [Cover]
Subjects
- Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
- United States. Army — Biography
- Generals — United States — Biography
- Generals — France — Biography
- Statesmen — France — Biography
- United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Participation, French
- United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Biography