In this meticulously researched study of Franklin's life down to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, David Freeman Hawke has drawn on the best from the flood of recent scholarly work to present the man in all his complexity. Hawke seeks to present sides of Franklin seldom emphasized in previous works: the visionary, the politician, the electrical experimenter. Throughout the book he constantly poses a single question: What manner of man was Franklin? In the end, he leaves it up to the reader to judge for himself.
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About the Author:
DAVID FREEMAN HAWKE was Professor of History at Lehman College of the City University of New York and the author of numerous works on Colonial America.
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- PublisherKonecky
- Publication date1976
- ISBN 10 1568523866
- ISBN 13 9781568523866
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages436
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