03300cam a2200397 4500 577012294 TxAuBib 20220511120000.0 ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781442391109 1442391103 265fadcd-37b9-4afe-a74c-2245a9c1a36a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2147681 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Vowell, Sarah. Lafayette in the Somewhat United States [Libby Audiobook]. Simon & Schuster Audio, 2015. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 224MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 223MB. HTML:<b>From the bestselling author of <i>Assassination Vacation</i> and <i>Unfamiliar Fishes</i>, a humorous account of the Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette—the one Frenchman we could all agree on—and an insightful portrait of a nation's idealism and its reality.</b><br /> On August 16, 1824, an elderly French gentlemen sailed into New York Harbor and giddy Americans were there to welcome him. Or, rather, to welcome him back. It had been thirty years since the Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette had last set foot in the United States, and he was so beloved that 80,000 people showed up to cheer for him. The entire population of New York at the time was 120,000.<br /> <br /> Lafayette's arrival in 1824 coincided with one of the most contentious presidential elections in American history, Congress had just fought its first epic battle over slavery, and the threat of a Civil War loomed. But Lafayette, belonging to neither North nor South, to no political party or faction, was a walking, talking reminder of the sacrifices and bravery of the revolutionary generation and what they wanted this country to be. His return was not just a reunion with his beloved Americans, it was a reunion for Americans with their own astonishing singular past.<br /> <br /> <i>Lafayette in the Somewhat United States</i> 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. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-10 20:00:03. Cannavale, Bobby. Denisof, Alexis. Slattery, John. Oswalt, Patton. Armisen, Fred. Hodgman, John. March, Stephanie. Offerman, Nick. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/5054-1/2147681-LafayetteInTheSomewhatUnited.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=265fadcd-37b9-4afe-a74c-2245a9c1a36a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/5054-1/2147681-LafayetteInTheSomewhatUnited.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=265fadcd-37b9-4afe-a74c-2245a9c1a36a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)