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Washington, Lafayette, and the Friendship that Saved the Revolution
Bantam
February 2007
On Sale: January 30, 2007
592 pages
ISBN: 0553804359
EAN: 9780553804355
Hardcover
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They were unlikely
comrades-in-arms. One was a self-taught, middle-aged
Virginia planter
in charge of a ragtag army of revolutionaries, the other a rich,
glory-seeking teenage French aristocrat. But the childless
Washington
and the orphaned Lafayette forged a bond between them as
strong as any
between father and son. It was an unbreakable trust that saw
them
through betrayals, shifting political alliances, and the
trials of war.
Lafayette
came to America a rebellious youth whose defiance of his
king made him
a celebrity in France. His money and connections attracted
the favor of
the Continental Congress, which advised Washington to keep the
exuberant Marquis from getting himself killed. But when the
boy-general
was wounded in his first battle, he became a hero of two
countries. As
the war ground on, Washington found in his young charge the
makings of
a courageous and talented commander whose loyalty,
generosity, and
eagerness to please his Commander in Chief made him one of
the war’s
most effective and inspired generals. Lafayette’s hounding of
Cornwallis’s army was the perfect demonstration of Washington’s
unconventional “bush-fighting” tactics, and led to the British
surrender at Yorktown.
Their friendship continued
throughout
their lives. Lafayette inspired widespread French support for a
struggling young America and personally influenced Washington’s
antislavery views. Washington’s enduring example as general and
statesman guided Lafayette during France’s own revolution
years later.
Using
personal letters and other key historical documents, Adopted
Son offers
a rare glimpse of the American Revolution through the friendship
between Washington and Lafayette. It offers dramatic accounts of
battles and intimate portraits of such major figures as
Alexander
Hamilton, Benedict Arnold, and Benjamin Franklin. The result
is a
remarkable, little-known epic of friendship, revolution, and
the birth
of a nation.
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