LEADER 02750nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910809070503321 005 20240513134414.0 010 $a0-8032-6952-8 010 $a1-283-05095-1 010 $a9786613050953 010 $a0-8032-3415-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000069668 035 $a(EBL)635527 035 $a(OCoLC)699475347 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000467215 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12121091 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467215 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10489988 035 $a(PQKB)10396377 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC635527 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL635527 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10438077 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL305095 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000069668 100 $a20100127d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBenjamin Franklin and the American Revolution /$fJonathan R. Dull 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLincoln $cUniversity of Nebraska Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (185 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8032-3033-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTitle 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 330 $aThe 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 606 $aDiplomats$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aStatesmen$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1775-1783 615 0$aDiplomats 615 0$aStatesmen 676 $a973.3092 676 $aB 700 $aDull$b Jonathan R.$f1942-$0249378 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809070503321 996 $aBenjamin Franklin and the American Revolution$94032591 997 $aUNINA