Title: Lafayette
Description: "In this biography, acclaimed author Harlow Giles Unger paints an intimate and detailed portrait of the heroic young French soldier who, at nineteen, renounced a life of luxury in Paris and Versailles to fight and bleed for liberty - at Brandywine, Valley Forge, and Yorktown.

A major general in the Continental army, he quickly earned the love of his troops, his fellow commanders, and his commander in chief, George Washington, who called him his "adopted son." To the troops, he was "the soldier's friend"; to Americans all, he was "our Marquis.""--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Biography, History, Generals, United States. Army, United States, French Participation, Statesmen, Lafayette, marie joseph paul yves roch gilbert du motier, marquis de, 1757-1834, United states, army, Generals, biography, United states, history, revolution, 1775-1783, biography
Places: United States, France
People: Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette marquis de (1757-1834)
Time periods: Revolution, 1775-1783