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Garibaldi: Citizen of the World: A Biography

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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.

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, and like many others, today's European Union. The book is readable, although the translation into English seems stretched at times, but well worth the effort. Organized into 24 chapters and an epilog, the book includes an extensive bibliography, most of which cites material in Italian.