| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 171 pages) |
| Contents |
From rebelliousness to prosperity -- Two missions to England -- Eighteen months in Congress -- Franklin and the French -- Franklin and the British -- Franklin and his fellow Americans -- Epilogue: Franklin returns to Philadelphia |
| Summary |
The inventor, the ladies' man, the affable diplomat, and the purveyor of pithy homespun wisdom: we all know the charming, resourceful Benjamin Franklin. What is less appreciated is the importance of Franklin's part in the American Revolution: except for Washington he was its most irreplaceable leader. Although aged and in ill health, Franklin served the cause with unsurpassed zeal and dedication. Jonathan R. Dull, whose decades of work on The Papers of Benjamin Franklin have given him rare insight into his subject, explains Franklin's role in the Revolution, what prepared him for that role, an |
| Notes |
"A Bison original."--Page 4 of cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-162) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
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| SUBJECT |
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 fast |
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Diplomats -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY.
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Diplomatic relations
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Diplomats
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Statesmen
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140139
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1775-1783.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140061
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Great Britain
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010003779 |
| ISBN |
9780803234154 |
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0803234155 |
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1283050951 |
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9781283050951 |
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9786613050953 |
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6613050954 |
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0803269528 |
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9780803269521 |
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