02892nam 2200685Ia 450 991095643420332120200520144314.09786613050953978080326952108032695289781283050951128305095197808032341540803234155(CKB)2670000000069668(EBL)635527(OCoLC)699475347(SSID)ssj0000467215(PQKBManifestationID)12121091(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467215(PQKBWorkID)10489988(PQKB)10396377(MiAaPQ)EBC635527(Au-PeEL)EBL635527(CaPaEBR)ebr10438077(CaONFJC)MIL305095(Perlego)4520677(EXLCZ)99267000000006966820100127d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBenjamin Franklin and the American Revolution /Jonathan R. Dull1st ed.Lincoln University of Nebraska Press20101 online resource (185 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780803230330 0803230338 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThe 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, anDiplomatsGreat BritainBiographyStatesmenUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783United StatesForeign relations1775-1783DiplomatsStatesmen973.3092BDull Jonathan R.1942-249378MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956434203321Benjamin Franklin and the American Revolution4354181UNINA