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The peasant prince : Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the age of revolution
- Title
- The peasant prince : Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the age of revolution / Alex Storozynski.
- Author
- Storozynski, Alex.
- Publication
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, c2009.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 10-2454 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 370 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-359), endnotes (p. [285]-335), and index.
- Contents
- Broken hearts and Greek role models -- A rebel joins the cause -- Turning back the British tide : the Battle of Saratoga -- French egos and colonial conspirators -- Washington's West Point architect -- A rock, an African prince, and America's traitor -- A Polish Yankee goes south -- Love and rockets -- Fiddling lords and enslaved hordes -- Europe's first constitution and the Polish revolution -- The "noble" traitors -- Kosciuszko's rebels : peasant scythemen, a burgher militia, and a Jewish cavalry -- Poland Is wiped off the map -- Kosciuszko tries to free Jefferson's slaves -- Napoleon comes up short -- A peasant without a country.
- Call Number
- JFE 10-2454
- ISBN
- 9780312388027 (hc : alk. paper)
- 0312388020 (hc : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008044625
- OCLC
- 259266769
- Author
- Storozynski, Alex.
- Title
- The peasant prince : Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the age of revolution / Alex Storozynski.
- Imprint
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, c2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-359), endnotes (p. [285]-335), and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 10-2454