| Description |
xiv, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-359), endnotes (pages 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. |
| Subject |
Kościuszko, Tadeusz, 1746-1817.
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Kościuszko, Tadeusz, 1746-1817. |
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Generals -- Poland -- Biography.
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Generals. |
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Poland. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Statesmen -- Poland -- Biography.
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Statesmen. |
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United States. Army -- Officers -- Biography.
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United States. Army. |
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns.
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Poland -- History -- Partition period, 1763-1796.
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Poland -- History -- 1795-1815.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1795-1815 |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780312388027 alkaline paper |
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0312388020 alkaline paper |
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