Ryan L. Cole's new book The Last Adieu \;narrates the farewell tour of the Marquis de Lafayette\, captu ring both its spectacular pageantry and emotional impact\, not only from L afayette&rsquo\;s perspective\, but through eyewitness accounts and recoll ections of the everyday Americans who participated in the great celebratio n. Co-starring the swarm of fascinating characters Lafayette encountered a cross the American landscape&mdash\;elderly founding fathers\, populist po liticians\, idealistic reformers&mdash\;this is both a record of an incred ible journey and a panorama of a rising America and a chronicle of a time when\, as Lafayette wrote\, memories of its Revolution came back to life.< /p>\n
Ryan L. Cole\, a former speechwriter and assistant to Indiana Gove rnor Mitch Daniels\, holds degrees in history and journalism from Indiana University. He has written extensively about American history and is the a uthor of \;Light-Horse Harry Lee: The Rise and Fall of a Revolutio nary Hero.
\nFoundation bookselling partner Morgenstern Books w ill offer book sales\, and the author will sign copies following the conve rsation. Registration is required for this free author event. Presented by the Carmel Clay Public Library Foundation.
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