The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin

The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin

From the most respected chronicler of the early days of the Republic and winner of both the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes comes a landmark work that rescues Benjamin Franklin from a mythology that has …

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