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Author Rosenfeld, William

Title Garibaldi and Rio Grande do Sul's war of independence from Brazil : the memoirs of Luigi Rossetti, John Griggs, and Anita Garibaldi / by William Rosenfeld, Dante University Press, Boston
Published Boston : Dante University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (231 pages)
Contents Rossetti meets Garibaldi -- Griggs joins the Revolution/meets Ruthie -- Griggs begins work on the new Navy -- Rossetti and Garibaldi : more adventures in Rio de Janeiro -- Partners in business and revolution/Griggs arrives in Rio Grande do Sul -- Rossetti and Garibaldi sail south to join the revolutionaries -- The partners arrive in Uruguay/Rossetti rides north and meets Griggs -- Captain Hamlin runs the Toucan aground -- Garibaldi's failed escape and sudden release -- Griggs's Navy is ready/his thoughts about Ruthie/Garibaldi joins the rebels -- Rossetti initiates O Povo/his thoughts about Griggs/Griggs's thoughts about Garibaldi -- The rebel Navy in action/Ruthie's short stay with Griggs -- The first issue of O Povo/the Moringue's attack on the shipyard -- The decision to annex Santa Catarina/Garibaldi and Griggs plan the overland transport of the rebel Navy -- Garibaldi's disaster at sea -- Arrival at Santa Catarina/Rossetti's new duties/the rebel Navy's operations -- Garibaldi meets Anita/Griggs's and Rossetti's reactions/Garibaldi's distasteful assignment -- Anita's conversations with Dona Feliciana begin -- Anita's first sea battle/Griggs about -- Griggs's absence from the sea -- Anita about -- The editor's thoughts about the comrades/Griggs learns about Anita's bravery -- Griggs's temptation to abandon the Revolution/his thoughts about Anita and Ruthie/the final entry in Griggs's log -- Rossetti's account of Griggs's death/retreat from Santa Catarina -- Anita about Griggs's death/the retreat from Laguna -- Battles along the retreat from Laguna/Anita pregnant -- The campaign to capture the mouth of the Lagoa dos Patos/Rossetti about Garibaldi, Anita and the rebel cause -- Anita and Garibaldi settle on the Outer Banks/Anita's confinement and Garibaldi's campaign to the south -- Anita's narrow escape with the infant Menotti/the new family retreats northward to Capivari -- Final entry in Rossetti's memoirs/the rebels retreat to the High Plateau -- The rebels reach safety in the high country/Dona Feliciana's concern/Anita's mystical identities -- Anita's accedes to Dona Feliciana's concern -- Conversations with Fra Lorenzo begin -- Anita's most drastic confession -- Fra Lorenzo's final instructions -- The marriage arranged -- Editor's afterword -- Chronological Outline of Events -- Appendix 1: Discovering the memoirs -- Appendix 2: The search for John Griggs -- Appendix 3: The trouble-filled history of Anita's remaining years
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-229)
Notes English
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Subject Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 1807-1882 -- Fiction
Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 1807-1882 -- Friends and associates -- Fiction
SUBJECT Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 1807-1882 fast
Subject Revolutionaries -- Brazil -- Rio Grande do Sul (State) -- Fiction
FICTION -- General.
Friendship
Revolutionaries
SUBJECT Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil : State) -- History -- Revolution of the Farrapos, 1835-1845 -- Fiction
Subject Brazil -- Rio Grande do Sul (State)
Genre/Form Fiction
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780937832547
0937832545