Gordon wood is a talented writer, and the americanization of benjamin franklin is physical proof that a story doesnt have to be fiction to be interesting and entertaining. In a sweeping narrative that follows franklin s life from boston to. Wood reveals the ways in which american history has erased franklin s failures, struggles, disappointments, and above all, his humanity and personality. In recent works and in our inherited conventional wisdom, he remains fixed in place as a genial polymath and selfimprover who was so very american that he is known by us all as the first american. Woods other books include revolutionary characters. The americanization of benjamin franklin by gordon s. Discount prices on books by benjamin franklin, including titles like the papers of benjamin franklin. Charting the passage of franklin s life and reputation from relative popular indifference his death, while the occasion for mass mourning in france, was widely ignored in america to posthumous glory, the americanization of benjamin franklin sheds invaluable light. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free. The real benjamin franklin american classic series paperback good product id. Oct 02, 2011 basically, how benjamin franklin went from being a british subject to being a patriot and revolutionary. Reading benjamin franklins biography, the first american. Historians are correct by discussing the colonies history in two contradictory terms. In backgrounds, the editors collect franklin s most important reflections on the autobiographys purpose, some anecdotes, and a number of franklin s statements on wealth, the art of virtue, and perfection.
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