Fayette Pershing by Auteur (1 results)

Condition: Gut. 24 feuilles, sans pagination. Without pagination 24 sheet. Dedans bruni, quelques très petites taches seule. Autrement très propres. - Inside bronzy but very clean. Some very small foxes on the first page. Written in two columns, left side French, right side English. With plenty of illustrations due to photographs of the time, engravings, sketches etc. John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing (September 13, 1860 ? July 15, 1948), was a general officer in the United States Army who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. Pershing is the only person to be promoted in his own lifetime to the highest rank ever held in the United States Army?General of the Armies (a retroactive Congressional edict passed in 1976 promoted George Washington to the same rank but with higher seniority. Georges Washington de La Fayette (1779?1849) was the son of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, the French officer and hero of the American Revolution, and Adrienne de La Fayette. Lafayette named his son in the honour of George Washington, under whom he served in the Revolutionary War. (sources: wikip.) Zweisprachig: englisch, französisch MIG-28-04A|148|4609DB Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 444 27,5x21,5 cm. Reliure en cartonnage avec des fissures et taches. Brunie. - Thin board with several tears and some spotts. Bronzy.