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About Cavalry Hero: Casimir Pulaski
Product Description Casimir Pulaski is most remembered as the dashing Polish cavalry officer who aids the United States fight for independence with daring feats of courage and strategy. As a child, already a gifted horseman, he learns from his father Joseph Pulaski, a statesman and landowner, what it means to stand for justice. The love and practical wisdom his mother shares with Casimir and his seven siblings cause him to deeply love his Catholic faith. These two influences converge in his committed enthusiasm to fight for the rights of religious and national freedom. In 1775, after ten unsuccessful years of striving to free Poland from Russia s oppressive influence upon Polish law and culture, Casimir, falsely accused of treason against the king and exiled from his beloved homeland, travels to France. He convinces Benjamin Franklin of his sincerity in taking up America s struggle against oppression. Serving under George Washington, Casimir achieves the near impossible feat of building a disciplined Cavalry Legion from American ragtag soldiers. In 1779, the fearless cavalryman dies from wounds after a final blazing charge at the Battle of Savannah at the age of 32. America s tribute to Casimir Pulaski s sacrifice for the sake of freedom is still to be seen in the many places throughout the country that bear his name. Historical Insight article by Daria Sockey Revised edition Location: Poland and the U.S. Time Period: Modern Era, American War of Independence About the Author Dorothy Adams was descended from the colonial Adamses, a family whose members made noteworthy contributions to the founding of the United States of America. Growing up in Boston, she attended Goucher College and for a short time was associated with the League of Nations. In 1926, while a student at the London School of Economics, she met and married Jan Kostanecki, a Polish economist and diplomat. Together, they returned to his recently restored nation of Poland. A son was born, and she gave herself to learn the language, customs and history of her new home. Dorothy came to identify personally with the patriotism of her husband s family and friends and with their enthusiasm for the work of rebuilding their nation; she was also able to assist her husband in his international diplomatic missions for the Polish government. After her husband s tragic death in 1937 in an airplane accident, Dorothy stayed on in Poland until 1939. At that time, her American relatives, fearing the approach of war in Poland, convinced Dorothy to return to the United States. As the storm of World War II swept across her adopted country, she wrote a book called We Stood Alone, which recounted in personal detail the experience she knew of that stirring, pre-war era in Poland. In this young people s biography about Casimir Pulaski, Dorothy Adams brings to life the story of someone with unquenched ideals, who, like herself, bridged the double patriotisms of Poland and America.
