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The first full-scale biography of Benjamin Franklin for over sixty years. This fully documented account of 'the first American' gives a detailed and lively picture of the writer who invented the lightning conductor; the politician who spent years as emissary in London trying to prevent the American War of Independence; the statesman who, when war came, served as the United States representative in Paris, intriguing for French aid and American victory.<p> In a series of masterly chapters Ronald Clark unravels the story of the successful printer and publisher whose electrical research brought him membership of the Royal Society, whose lobbying work played a part in the repeal of the notorious Stamp Act -- one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the author and printer of Poor Richard's Almanack.</p>

Author

Ronald William Clark

Publisher

Random House

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9781842122723

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir