Garibaldi: Citizen of the World: A Biography
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (964 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691115400 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 456 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Hailed as 'the Hero of Two Worlds' for his exploits in South America and in Europe, Garibaldi must have become the most famous person on the planet. Bailey, Knox College, for CHOICE"Scirocco's book is notable for its emphasis on parts of Garibaldi's biography that are not generally accented and because it provides the facts of an uncommon life in one convenient source more than do existing, older biographies in English."--Spencer M. Scirocco has added to the work of previous scholars with this biography, in which he shows that Garibaldi remained true throughout his life to the ideals of Saint-Simon. But as a traditional biography it is very good, and has the traditional virtues. Alfonso Scirocco has written an old-fashioned biography with a strong narrative, vivid battle scenes, and confident characterization. Scirocco's portrait of Garibaldi, 'an idealist without ideologies,' is attractive and fairdetailed and us
. From 1966 to 2000, he was professor of humanities at University Frederick II in Naples, Italy. Alfonso Scirocco is the author of many books on modern Italian history
During the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln even offered to make him a general in the Union army. Scirocco tells how Garibaldi devoted his energies to the liberation of Italians and other oppressed peoples. Sentenced to death for his role in an abortive Genoese insurrection in 1834, Garibaldi fled to South America, where he joined two successive fights for independence--Rio Grande do Sul's against Brazil and Uruguay's against Argentina. What adventure novelist could have invented the life of Giuseppe Garibaldi? 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. Alfonso Scirocco's Garibaldi is the most up-to-date, authoritative, comprehensive, and convincing biography of Garibaldi yet written. Presenting Garibaldi as a complex and even contradictory figure, Scirocco sh
The First International Revolutionary Chuck Brooks It is fitting that this work was written by a native Italian, whose command of the language as mother tongue would not only give the author access to more material, but also to understand the nuances of the original documentation and their context in the larger culture. Garibaldi is one of the rare larger than life figures whose impact on modern Italy is the stuff of legend. Less well known is the influence he had on the larger European community, prefiguring in many ways, an. Mark S. Jendrysik said Oddly Translated. While this is a lively history of a hero's life, the appeal of the book is lessened by the akward translation from the original Italian. Still, a worthy book.