Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
- ISBN-10
- 0399573100
- ISBN-13
- 9780399573101
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 274
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-10
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Sarah Vowell
Description
From the bestselling author of Assassination Vacation and Unfamiliar Fishes, a humorous and insightful account of the Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette - the one Frenchman America could all agree on - and an insightful portrait of a nation's idealism and its reality. A fascinating alternative US civil war story, from a writer who specialises in obscure political history.
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