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Description:  A stirring biography of the Marquis de Lafayette, who played a pivotal role in the American Revolution, and upon returning to his native France did the same in the French Revolution, afterward suffering exile and imprisonment in Prussia for his efforts. In 1824 Lafayette was invited by Congress and President James Monroe to pay a return visit to the United States. In his year-long travels around the country, he was warmly welcomed in one community after another, and sailed back to Europe impressed by the possibilities for the future of the United States he helped found.

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1. The Colonies of North America
2. The Young Marquis
3. The Courtier
4. The Dinner Party
5. The Departure for North America
6. Washington's Aide-de-camp
7. Louis XVI Promises a Fleet
8. The Furlough

9. The Victory at Yorktown
10. A Visit to Mount Vernon
11. The National Assembly
12. The French Revolution
13. An Exile and in Prison
14. The Man of Two Worlds
15. The Last Days of a Patriot

Builders of Our Country, Book II

by Gertrude van Duyn Southworth