Books Recommended by The Pinkowski Institute


Thaddeus Kosciuszko: Military Engineer of the American Revolution
by Francis Casimir Kajencki

[pix here] [blank ] This military biography of Tadeusz Kosciuszko concentrates on his remarkable engineering achievements in the American Revolution during the years 1776-1783. at Fort Ticonderoga, Kosciuszko sought to fortify the nearby and dominating height of Mount Defiance, but General Philip Schuyler failed to heed his advice and lost the bastion to the British. At Saratoga, Kosciuszko's strong position on Bemis Heights blocked the British march on Albany. Thus he destroyed their Grand Strategy for the conquest of the colonies.

At West Point, Kosciuszko carried out General George Washington's strategy of controlling the Hudson River. The brilliant engineer built a fortress the British dared not attack In the South, Kosciuszko gave General Nathaniel Greene's army an amphibious capability to cross rivers and march rapidly around the British and gain victory.

Returning to Poland, Kosciuszko defended his country against rapacious neighbors. He returned to his adopted country in 1797, but Vice President Thomas Jefferson sent him on a secret diplomatic mission to France, where Kosciuszko persuaded the French government to change its war threatening behavior toward America.

Published by: Southwest Polonia Press, 1998 (El Paso) - 334 pages, illustrations (hard cover)


Casimir Pulaski in Polish and American Consciousness
edited by: Janusz Maciejewski, Ewa Bem-Wisniewska, and Jacek Wojcicki

[pix here] [blank ] Papers delivered at the Pulaski Conference at the Museum in Warka, 8-12 October 1997 (English and Polish versions in one volume)

Contents:

Introduction - Ewa Bem-Wisniewska

Pulaskis of the Slepowron Crest - Slawomir Gorzynski

Casimir Pulaski in Popular Literature from the Period of the Bar Confederacy - Janusz Maciejewski

Casimir Pulaski in Polish Memoirs - Jacek Wojcicki

Casimir Pulaski in Romantic Literary Legend - Stanislaw Makowski

Presence of Casimir Pulaski in Polish Literature during the 19th and 20th Centuries - Magdalena Rudkowska

Casimir Pulaski: The Unknown American Hero - David Stefancic

The Pulaski Phenomenon in the Polish American Community - Regina Gorzkowska
General Pulaski's Body - Edward Pinkowski

Afterword - Janusz Maciejewski

Published by: Wydawnictwo DiG, 1998 (Warsaw)- 228 pages, several b/w photographs (hard cover)

Kazimierz Pulaski (1745-1779)
by Antoni Lenkiewicz

[pix here] [blank ] A new Polish language biographical treatment of Pulaski incorporates the latest information regarding the circumstances of Pulaski's birth. The research of Edward Pinkowski, a Polish American historian, is mentioned in the final chapter dealing with Pulaski's death and burial.

Published by: Biuro Tlumaczen, 1999 (Wroclaw) - 146 pages, several b/w photographs (soft cover)

Poles in America: Bicentennial Essays
Edited by Frank Mocha


[pix here] [blank ] A collection of essays exploring the following topics:

1. History of Poles in America

2. Religion and Education

3. Scholarship, Literature, and Culture

4. Organizations and Scholarly Institutions

Published by: Worzalla Publishing Company, 1978 (Stevens Point, WI)- 778 pages (soft cover)

American "Polonia" and Poland
Edited by Frank Mocha

[pix here] [blank ] A collection of essays exploring the following topics:

1. the organizational structure of the Polish community (Polonia) in the United States

2. the American Polonia's view of Poland

3. the Polish view of American Polonia

4. the goal of the independent Polish Homeland and its form

Published by: East European Monographs, 1998 (Boulder, CO) - 574 pages, b/w illustrations, maps (soft cover)