The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin

The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin

From the most respected chronicler of the early days of the Republicâ€”and winner of both the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizesâ€”comes a landmark work that rescues Benjamin Franklin from a mythology that has blinded generations of Americans to the man he really was and makes sense of aspects of his life and career that would have otherwise remained mysterious. In place of the genial polymath, self-improver, and quintessential American, Gordon S. Wood reveals a figure much more ambiguous and complexâ€”and much more interesting. Charting the passage of Franklinâ€™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 on the emergence of our countryâ€™s idea of itself.
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Penguin Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780143035282
Color Burgundy/maroon
ReleaseDate 2005-05-31
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143035282

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Penguin Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780143035282
Color	Burgundy/maroon
ReleaseDate	2005-05-31
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780143035282

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