TY  - GEN
T1  - Benjamin Franklin
A1  - Morgan, Edmund Sears
LA  - English
PP  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
YR  - 2002
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn290580078
AB  - Benjamin Franklin is perhaps the most remarkable figure in American history: the greatest statesman of his age, he played a pivotal role in the formation of the American republic. He was also a pioneering scientist, a best selling author, the country's first postmaster general, a printer, a bon vivant, a diplomat, a ladies' man, and a moralist-and the most prominent celebrity of the eighteenth century. Franklin was, however, a man of vast contradictions, as Edmund Morgan demonstrates in this brilliant biography. A reluctant revolutionary, Franklin had desperately wished to preserve the British Empire, and he mourned the break even as he led the fight for American independence. Despite his passion for science, Franklin viewed his groundbreaking experiments as secondary to his civic duties. And although he helped to draft both the Declaration of Independence and the American Constitution, he had personally hoped that the new American government would take a different shape. Unraveling the enigma of Franklin's character, Morgan shows that he was the rare individual who consistently placed the public interest before his own desires.
OP  - 339
CN  - E302.6.F8 M86 2002eb
SN  - 9780300130225
SN  - 0300130228
SN  - 9780300095326
SN  - 0300095325
KW  - Franklin, Benjamin, : 1706-1790.
KW  - Franklin, Benjamin, : 1706-1790
KW  - Statesmen : United States : Biography.
KW  - Scientists : United States : Biography.
KW  - Inventors : United States : Biography.
KW  - Printers : United States : Biography.
KW  - Hommes d'État : États-Unis : Biographies.
KW  - Scientifiques : États-Unis : Biographies.
KW  - Inventeurs : États-Unis : Biographies.
KW  - Imprimeurs : États-Unis : Biographies.
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : Historical.
KW  - HISTORY.
KW  - Inventors
KW  - Printers
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Statesmen
KW  - United States
KW  - Political parties, Overseas
KW  - Biography
KW  - History, Pre-1801
KW  - Overseas item
KW  - Benjamin Franklin
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Biographies.
KW  - Biographie (Descripteur de forme)
ER  -