Historian and biographer James Srodes tells Benjamin Franklin's incredible life story, making full use of the previously neglected Franklin papers to provide the most riveting account yet of the journalist, scientist, polilician, and unlikely adventurer. From London, Paris, Philadelphia to his numerous romantic liaisons, Franklin's life becomes a panorama of dramatic history.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Preface
- Prologue
- Chapter 1 - Traits and Prospects
- Chapter 2 - Hope and Glory
- Chapter 3 - The Pursuit of Virtue
- Chapter 4 - Rising Citizen
- Chapter 5 - The Eminent Mr. Franklin
- Chapter 6 - Join or Die
- Chapter 7 - First Blood
- Chapter 8 - A New Nemesis
- Chapter 9 - Degrees and Separation
- Chapter 10 - Rejection and Return
- Chapter 11 - Back to London
- Chapter 12 - Countdown to Revolution
- Chapter 13 - The Death of a Dream
- Chapter 14 - To the Brink of War
- Chapter 15 - Revolution
- Chapter 16 - Declaring for Liberty
- Chapter 17 - The Diplomacy of War
- Chapter 18 - Winning Recognition
- Chapter 19 - Dismal Days
- Chapter 20 - The Final Round
- Chapter 21 - The Struggle for Peace
- Chapter 22 - Home at Last
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Copyright Page
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