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<p><P><b>The Real Benjamin Franklin&#58; The True Story of America's Greatest Diplomat</b></p><P>There are many Benjamin Franklins. Or at least he has taken on many different forms in the history books and conversations of the last two centuries. Some historians have shown us an aged statesman whose wise and steadying influence kept the Constitutional Convention together in 1787, while others have pictured a chuckling prankster who couldn't resist a funny story. More recently, a certain brand of biographers and journalists have conjured up sensational tales of a lecherous old diplomat in his seventies who enjoyed illicit affairs with adoring young French women. And a few years ago Franklin even reappeared as a British spy! Some of these myths are now being repeated and embellished in school textbooks and <i>educational</i> television programs.</p><P>Which of all these Benjamin Franklins, if any, is real? This book is an attempt to answer that question. Or, more accurately, it is an attempt to let Franklin himself provide the answer. <i>The Real Benjamin Franklin</i> makes no effort to develop another <i>fresh</i> interpretation of the Sage of Philadelphia. Instead, it seats us acro

Author

Andrew M Allison; W. Cleon Skousen; M. Richard Maxfield; Benjamin Franklin

Publisher

National Center for Constitutional Studies

Published

1982

Language

EN

ISBN

9780880800006

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir

Rating

4.31 / 5 (555 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13