Table of Contents: Poles in the United States of America, 1776-1865 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Grzeloński, Bogdan.
Format:	Book
Language:	English Polish
Published:	Warsaw : Interpress, 1976.
Subjects and Genres:	Polish Americans > History. Polish Americans > Biography. Américains d'origine polonaise > Histoire. Américaines d'origine polonaise > Biographies. Polish Americans. Poles > United States. Polish Americans > United States. United States > History. Biographies. History.
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This book contains "a collection of sketches dealing with the part played by Poles in the two most important events in the US history: the American Revolution (1775-83) and the Civil War (1861-1865)". Also portrayed are the "first Poles to arrive on the North American continent twelve years before the Pilgrim Fathers founded their Plymouth Colony in New England in 1620" ... Also "the fortunes of the Polish political refugees and settlers who came to the United States between 1831 and 1865 are also traced"
Book jacket.