James J. Raciti

Stephen Girard (eBook, ePUB)

America's Colonial Olympian, 1750-1831

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Why is Stephen Girard, a figure from late Colonial America, important today? As a teenager, he left home in Bordeaux, France with meager funds and went to sea as a merchant marine, following his family's tradition. In early summer, 1776, he landed in Phil

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sunstone Press
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781611393859
• Artikelnr.: 44934406

Autorenporträt

James J. Raciti, PhD is a graduate of Girard College and is a direct beneficiary of Stephen Girard's legacy. He has spent more than twenty-five years in Europe as a university educator. His graduate degrees in comparative literature are from the Universit