Garibaldi and Rio Grande do Sul's war of independence from Brazil
Subtitle: the memoirs of Luigi Rossetti, John Griggs, and Anita Garibaldi
By: by William Rosenfeld, Dante University Press, Boston
Publisher: Dante University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780937832530; 9780937832547
Subjects: Fiction; Revolutionaries; Friends and associates; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [226]-229).
Table of contents: title: Rossetti meets Garibaldi; title: Griggs joins the Revolution/meets Ruthie; title: Griggs begins work on the new Navy; title: Rossetti and Garibaldi : more adventures in Rio de Janeiro; title: Partners in business and revolution/Griggs arrives in Rio Grande do Sul; title: Rossetti and Garibaldi sail south to join the revolutionaries; title: The partners arrive in Uruguay/Rossetti rides north and meets Griggs; title: Captain Hamlin runs the Toucan aground; title: Garibaldi's failed escape and sudden release; title: Griggs's Navy is ready/his thoughts about Ruthie/Garibaldi joins the rebels; title: Rossetti initiates O Povo/his thoughts about Griggs/Griggs's thoughts about Garibaldi; title: The rebel Navy in action/Ruthie's short stay with Griggs; title: The first issue of O Povo/the Moringue's attack on the shipyard; title: The decision to annex Santa Catarina/Garibaldi and Griggs plan the overland transport of the rebel Navy; title: Garibaldi's disaster at sea; title: Arrival at Santa Catarina/Rossetti's new duties/the rebel Navy's operations; title: Garibaldi meets Anita/Griggs's and Rossetti's reactions/Garibaldi's distasteful assignment; title: Anita's conversations with Dona Feliciana begin; title: Anita's first sea battle/Griggs about; title: Griggs's absence from the sea; title: Anita about; title: The editor's thoughts about the comrades/Griggs learns about Anita's bravery; title: Griggs's temptation to abandon the Revolution/his thoughts about Anita and Ruthie/the final entry in Griggs's log; title: Rossetti's account of Griggs's death/retreat from Santa Catarina; title: Anita about Griggs's death/the retreat from Laguna; title: Battles along the retreat from Laguna/Anita pregnant; title: The campaign to capture the mouth of the Lagoa dos Patos/Rossetti about Garibaldi, Anita and the rebel cause; title: Anita and Garibaldi settle on the Outer Banks/Anita's confinement and Garibaldi's campaign to the south; title: Anita's narrow escape with the infant Menotti/the new family retreats northward to Capivari; title: Final entry in Rossetti's memoirs/the rebels retreat to the High Plateau; title: The rebels reach safety in the high country/Dona Feliciana's concern/Anita's mystical identities; title: Anita's accedes to Dona Feliciana's concern; title: Conversations with Fra Lorenzo begin; title: Anita's most drastic confession; title: Fra Lorenzo's final instructions; title: The marriage arranged; title: Editor's afterword; title: Chronological Outline of Events; title: Appendix 1: Discovering the memoirs; title: Appendix 2: The search for John Griggs; title: Appendix 3: The trouble-filled history of Anita's remaining years.