CONTENTS
Robin McKown
1.
A Boyhood in Boston
9
2.
A Young Man on His Own
18
3.
The Birth of Poor Richard
28
4.
The Civic-Minded Citizen
38
5.
The Thunder Giant
49
6.
A Brief Military Career
61
7.
The Battle with the Penns
73
8.
The White Christian Savages
84
9.
The Stamp Act
91
10.
Friendships in England
100
11.
The Terrible Hutchinson Letters
111
12.
Beginning of a Long War
123
13.
The Splendid Word Independence
132
14.
France Falls in Love with an American
143
15.
America’s First Ambassador
155
16.
A Glorious Old Age
165
17.
The Closing Years
177
Suggested Reading 188
Index 189
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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