Benjamin Franklin
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This fully documented account of ' the first American' gives a detailed and lively picture of the writer who invented the lightning conductor; the politician who spent years as emissary in London trying to prevent the American War of Independence; the statesman who, when war came, served as the United States representative in Paris, intriguing for French aid and American victory. In a series of masterly chapters Ronald Clark unravels the story of the successful printer and publisher whose electrical research brought him membership of the Royal Society, whose lobbying work played a part in the repeal of the notorious Stamp Act ' one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the author and printer of Poor Richard's Almanack.
Author: Ronald W. Clark
Format: Paperback, 544 pages, 156mm x 233mm, 864 g
Published: 2001, Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom
Genre: Biography: Historical, Political & Military
Description
This fully documented account of ' the first American' gives a detailed and lively picture of the writer who invented the lightning conductor; the politician who spent years as emissary in London trying to prevent the American War of Independence; the statesman who, when war came, served as the United States representative in Paris, intriguing for French aid and American victory. In a series of masterly chapters Ronald Clark unravels the story of the successful printer and publisher whose electrical research brought him membership of the Royal Society, whose lobbying work played a part in the repeal of the notorious Stamp Act ' one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the author and printer of Poor Richard's Almanack.
Benjamin Franklin