Benjamin Franklin and the American Revolution [[electronic resource] /] / Jonathan R. Dull

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460001603321
• Autore: Dull Jonathan R. <1942->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, 2010
• ISBN: 1-283-05095-1; 9786613050953; 0-8032-3415-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.3092; B
• Soggetti: Diplomats - Great Britain; Statesmen - United States; Electronic books.; United States History Revolution, 1775-1783; United States Foreign relations 1775-1783
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1. From Rebelliousness to Prosperity; 2. Two Missions to England; 3. Eighteen Months in Congress; 4. Franklin and the French; 5. Franklin and the British; 6. Franklin and His Fellow Americans; Epilogue: Franklin Returns to Philadelphia; Notes; Recommended Reading; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The inventor, the ladies' man, the affable diplomat, and the purveyor of pithy homespun wisdom: we all know the charming, resourceful Benjamin Franklin. What is less appreciated is the importance of Franklin's part in the American Revolution: except for Washington he was its most irreplaceable leader. Although aged and in ill health, Franklin served the cause with unsurpassed zeal and dedication. Jonathan R. Dull, whose decades of work on The Papers of Benjamin Franklin have given him rare insight into his subject, explains Franklin's role in the Revolution, what prepared him for that role, an