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Garibaldi : citizen of the world / Alfonso Scirocco ; translated by Allan Cameron.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scirocco, Alfonso, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Garibaldi. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Generals--Italy--Biography.
- Generals.
- Revolutionaries--Italy--Biography.
- Revolutionaries.
- Statesmen--Italy--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- Italy--History--1849-1870.
- Italy.
- Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 1807-1882.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (460 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2007]
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Italian.
- Summary:
- The revolutionary, soldier, politician, and greatest figure in the fight for Italian unification, Garibaldi (1807-1882) brought off almost as many dramatic exploits in the Americas as he did in Europe, becoming an international freedom fighter, earning the title of the "hero of two worlds," and making himself perhaps the most famous and beloved man of his century. - Publisher.
- Contents:
- Sailing the Mediterranean
- From conspiracy to exile
- The Rio interlude
- Privateer
- In Rio Grande
- Loves, friendships, and amusements
- The Costa Brava expedition
- Montevideo
- San Antonio de Salto
- His fame spreads
- Italy in 1848: the general call to arms
- The Rome events of 1849
- The bold defiance of 1849
- The gray years
- In the king's service
- Political frustrations and disappointments in love
- The epic campaign of the thousand
- The dictator of Sicily
- Master of a kingdom
- From the solitude of Caprera to the drama of Aspromonte
- Triumph in London
- Bezzecca, Mentana, and Dijon
- Pacifism, Socialism, and democracy
- The final years: family, literary activities, and financial concerns
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781400827862
- 1400827868
- OCLC:
- 1259589866
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