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100 1 $aMassey, Gregory D.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00038091
245 10 $aJohn Laurens and the American Revolution /$cGregory D. Massey.
260 $aColumbia :$bUniversity of South Carolina Press,$c[2000], ©2000.
300 $axv, 327 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-312) and index.
505 00 $tFamily Line of John Laurens --$gCh. 1.$t"An ornament to his country": Early Life in Charleston --$gCh. 2.$tThe Voltaire of Carolina: Sojourn in Geneva: October 1771-November 1774 --$gCh. 3.$t"I hate the Name of King": Biding Time in England: November 1774-December 1776 --$gCh. 4.$t"Standing on the verge of Eternity": The War in America: January-December 1777 --$gCh. 5.$t"Those dear ragged Continentals": Winter at Valley Forge: December 1777-June 1778 --$gCh. 6.$t"That bravery which becomes freemen": The 1778 Campaign: June-December 1778 --$gCh. 7.$t"White Pride & Avarice": The Limits of Independence in the South Carolina Low Country: January-December 1779 --$gCh. 8.$t"The greatest and most humiliating misfortune of my life": The Fall of Charleston: January-December 1780 --$gCh. 9.$t"His inexperience in public affairs": Special Minister to France: December 1780-September 1781 --$gCh. 10.$t"The single voice of reason": Military Triumph and Political Defeat: September 1781-February 1782 --
505 80 $gCh. 11.$t"The Campaign in become perfectly insipid": The South Carolina Low Country: February-August 1782 --$gCh. 12.$t"The loss is remediless": The Family of John Laurens,: 1782-1860.
520 1 $a"Winning a reputation for reckless bravery in a succession of major battles and sieges, John Laurens distinguished himself as one of the most zealous, self-sacrificing participants in the American Revolution. A native of South Carolina and son of Henry Laurens, president of the continental Congress, John devoted his entire adult life to securing American independence. In this comprehensive biography Gregory D.
520 8 $aMassey recounts the young Laurens's wartime record - a riveting tale in its own right - and finds that even more remarkable than his military escapades were his revolutionary ideas concerning the rights of African Americans."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aLaurens, John,$d1754-1782.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50039912
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140139
650 0 $aSoldiers$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111156
610 10 $aUnited States.$bContinental Army$vBiography.
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