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Nov 2, 2015 · Lafayette in the Somewhat United States. From the bestselling author of Assassination Vacation and The Partly Cloudy Patriot, an insightful and unconventional account of George Washington’s ...
Historical Context of Lafayette in the Somewhat United States. Lafayette is a history book about the American Revolution, so the skirmishes and treaties that defined that war are essential to Vowell’s project. Of particular note for Vowell are the 1777 Battle at Brandywine in Pennsylvania; the 1778 Battle at Monmouth, New Jersey; and the 1783 ...
Lafayette embodies the bizarre truth that in order to become a democracy, the fledgling United States needed to rely on funding and troops from monarchical France. But more than that, Lafayette—who, upon returning to the country in 1824 for a national tour, was treated as a massive celebrity—is one of the few things all Americans can get behind.
In the history-plus-humor tradition, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States is another smart offering from Sarah Vowell, author of The Partly Cloudy Patriot. There are big licks of travelogue/political commentary present, too, rather like an expanded magazine essay. While Vowell discusses her subject, the impulsive, clueless 19-year-old Marquis de Lafayette, 18th-century writing style and ...
Nov 17, 2015 · LAFAYETTE IN THE SOMEWHAT UNITED STATES. By Sarah Vowell. Illustrated. 274 pp. Riverhead Books. $27.95. Charles P. Pierce is a writer at large for Esquire and the author of four books. A version ...
Oct 4, 2016 · Books. Lafayette in the Somewhat United States. Sarah Vowell. Penguin, Oct 4, 2016 - History - 288 pages. 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 ...
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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.
