Lafayette in America in 1824 and 1825 by Auguste Levasseur.
General Lafayette's Private Secretary during his trip, has been translated by AFL member Alan R. Hoffman and will be published soon. This hardcover book, which contains an introduction by Mr. Hoffman, is 572 pages in length and includes 13 black-and-white illustrations. http://www.lafayetteinamerica.com/
In the words of Diane Windham Shaw, Special Collections Librarian at Lafayette College, "Alan R. Hoffman has done a masterful job of reacquainting us with a classic text that deserves wider recognition. Auguste Levasseur's account of Lafayette's visit to America in 1824-1825 is a ringside seat at one of the great events in American social and cultural history. Through this fine new English translation, we are able to come along as Lafayette travels to all twenty-four states in the Union, accepts the adulation of a nation, and has adventures aplenty, including a harrowing shipwreck. What makes the account all the more valuable as a commentary on America is that it reveals how very fitting was Lafayette's sobriquet 'The Nation's Guest,' as he insisted on spending time not just with the country's elite, but also with ordinary citizens, African Americans, and American Indians."
Mr. Hoffman's book is available for $30 plus $5 shipping ($24 for 10 or more copies) by writing Alan R. Hoffman, Lafayette in America, Order Department, 45 Hardy Road, Londonderry, NH 03053, USA), or by email at arhesq@aol.com, or telephone, 603-432-3440 (fax 603-432-7211).