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The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin
The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin | Gordon S. Wood
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Offers a portrait of the complex, often contradictory figure of Benjamin Franklin, a man who was at once the quintessential American and a cosmopolitan lover of Europe, and a one-time loyalist turned revolutionary.
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Bookish_Gal Yes. Ben Franklin has always intrigued me 8mo
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What I admired most about Wood's writing in this brief so-called biography of good ol' Ben is his research. It's almost as if Wood spent the time reading as many books about BF as were available; then he sat back and gave his overall summation and discerning light on key aspects of BF's life--especially in the attempt to debunk the myths many of us have associated with BF over the 200+ years of our history.

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Happy 4th of July to the U.S. Littens! I‘m not in a good place about everything going on in the country, but if you take it back to the beginning there are some interesting and bold people there.Both books still on #MountainTBR

litenthusiast The book about Jane Franklin looks really interesting. 5y
Leftcoastzen @litenthusiast I agree , just haven‘t gotten to it yet , I just had to have it when I saw it . 5y
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