Liberty-Loving Lafayette

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FIND OUT WHAT HAMILTON LEFT OUT ABOUT "THE LANCELOT OF THE REVOLUTIONARY SET"
Inspired by the Broadway hit, HAMILTON, and by Longfellow's "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere," author Dorothea Jensen wrote this rhyming narrative about the Marquis de Lafayette and his crucial role in our Revolutionary War. Twenty-seven color illustrations, a glossary, study questions, and extensive endnotes enhance information about the historical figures and events mentioned in the poem. Honored by the Eric Hoffer Book Awards, which called it "A great resource for teachers of older elementary, middle, and high school students; and by the Readers' Favorite site as ". . .wonderfully conceived and magnificently presented," this playful rhyming history entertains and informs readers of all ages.

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Dorothea Jensen is proud to be one of a very few people who has boarded a pirate ship and attacked a Viking vessel manned by real Vikings wearing horns and furs. She was born in Boston, but grew up in Chillicothe, Illinois, site of the Viking adventure. She then earned a BA in English from Carleton College and an MA in Secondary Education from the University of New Mexico. She has served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in South America, taught middle and high school English, tutored refugees in ESL, written grant proposals for various arts organizations, written a play performed in Noh style, and raised three children. Her first historical novel for young readers, THE RIDDLE OF PENNCROFT FARM, has been used in classrooms for many years as an enrichment resource for kids studying the American Revolution. Her next novel, A BUSS FROM LAFAYETTE, is set in 1825 in the small town in New Hampshire where she has lived since 1991. Dorothea also writes modern Christmas stories in verse. Modeled on the 19th century classic poem, "A Visit from St. Nicholas", these award-winning Santa's Izzy Elves story poems feature decidedly 21st century elves savvy in modern technology.

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Midwest Book Review Critique!

Beautifully illustrated throughout, "Liberty-Loving Lafayette: How 'America's Favorite Fighting Frenchman' Helped Win Our Independence" is a unique, informative, and unreservedly recommended addition to middle school, high school, and community library American Revolution history collections for young readers ages 13-18 in general, and Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette supplemental curriculum studies reading lists in particular. It should be noted for personal reading lists that "Liberty-Loving Lafayette" is also readily available in a paperback edition (9780990940814, $10.99), and in a digital book format (Kindle, $4.99).—Midwest Book Review Editorial Note: Dorothea Jensen has previously written "A Buss from Lafayette" and "The Riddle of Penncroft Farm", two award-winning historical novels for young readers (middle graders and young adults) about Lafayette and about the American Revolution. Authtorial Note: Woo. Hoo.

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Liberty-Loving Lafayette

THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

In the Uniform of a Major General

by Charles Willson Peale, 1780

Independence National Historical Park

Liberty-Loving Lafayette

So listen up, my children, and I'll do my best to tell

How a teenaged French aristocrat served all of us so well.^{^[i]}

Without his help, we might have lost our fight for Liberty,

And we’d still be lowly subjects of the British monarchy!

¹Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette was only nineteen when he first arrived in America in 1777. A marquis, which is a middling aristocratic rank, his family inheritance made him one of the richest men in France. This portrait was painted by Charles Willson Peale at the request of Lafayette’s friend, General Washington, before the young Frenchman left for France in January 1779 to seek more aid for America.

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Dorothea Graham Jensen

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