| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xx, 438 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-418) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface: a night journey, 1731 -- Part one. Sons of the empire -- Americans in London: September 22, 1761 -- Colonial contemporaries, 1753 -- Defenses and engagements -- Challenges, 1757 -- Triumphs -- Part two. America and her children -- America, 1763 -- A frenzy or madness -- Blood and money -- Rebellion, 1772-73 -- A thorough government man -- Two roads -- Part three. War -- Trevose, 1775 -- The last word -- The reckoning, 1776 -- Paterfamilias -- Dark night of the soul -- Part four. Danse macabre -- The scene of action, 1778-81 -- Captain Huddy and the dance of death -- Going home -- Epilogue, 1785-1823. |
| Source |
B&T 062017 PARS |
| Subject |
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
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Franklin, William, 1731-1813.
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Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
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Governors -- New Jersey -- Biography.
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American loyalists -- Biography.
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Statesmen's children -- United States -- Biography.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
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| ISBN |
9780345544216 |
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0345544218 |
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