The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin
Gordon S. Wood, a leading historian of the revolutionary era, gives a convincing reappraisal of Benjamin Franklin and his remarkable life.
Why did Benjamin Franklin retire from business and become gentleman? Why did he admire the British Empire—and join the American Revolution? Why did he begin writing his Autobiography when he did? And how did the "first American" become an American in the first place?
Renowned historian Gordon S. Wood spent ten years studying a legend. In this untraditional biography, he penetrates beneath 200 years' accumulation of images and representations to find the historical Franklin. He places his subject's amazing life in its 18th century context and shatters forever the comforting stereotypes: homespun patriot, cracker-barrel philosopher, folksy founder, genial self-improver. Groundbreaking and riveting, this book is a must for anyone interested in American history and the roots of American character.
Franklin, Benjamin
Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790
Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790 -- Influence
Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790 -- Public opinion
History
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Inventors
Inventors -- United States -- Biography
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Printers
Printers -- United States -- Biography
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Public opinion -- United States
Scientists
Scientists -- United States -- Biography
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Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
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display_description | 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 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 complex-and much more interesting. Charting the passage of Franklin'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 country's idea of itself. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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subject_facet | Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790 Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790 -- Influence Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790 -- Public opinion Inventors -- United States -- Biography Printers -- United States -- Biography Public opinion -- United States Scientists -- United States -- Biography Statesmen -- United States -- Biography | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin [electronic resource] / Gordon S. Wood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Biography & Autobiography Franklin, Benjamin History Influence Inventors Nonfiction Printers Public opinion Scientists Statesmen |