Benjamin Franklin and His EnemiesUniversity of California Press, 2023 M11 15 - 274 páginas In this engaging study of the much-loved statesman and polymath, Robert Middlekauff uncovers a little-known aspect of Benjamin Franklin's personality—his passionate anger. He reveals a fully human Franklin who led a remarkable life but nonetheless had his share of hostile relationships—political adversaries like the Penns, John Adams, and Arthur Lee—and great disappointments—the most significant being his son, William, who sided with the British. Utilizing an abundance of archival sources, Middlekauff weaves episodes in Franklin's emotional life into key moments in colonial and Revolutionary history. The result is a highly readable narrative that illuminates how historical passions can torment even the most rational and benevolent of men. |
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Robert Middlekauff. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND HIS ENEMIES Benjamin Franklin and His Enemies This One GSP7 - NZQ. 3. Robert Frank Middlekauff Front Cover.
Robert Middlekauff. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND HIS ENEMIES Benjamin Franklin and His Enemies This One GSP7 - NZQ. 3. Robert Frank Middlekauff Front Cover.
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... Frank- lin , one co - authored with Eugenia W. Herbert , set a high stan- dard . The Papers of Benjamin Franklin , to which Mrs. Lopez con- tributed for many years , has been the most important source for my study . I wish to ...
... Frank- lin , one co - authored with Eugenia W. Herbert , set a high stan- dard . The Papers of Benjamin Franklin , to which Mrs. Lopez con- tributed for many years , has been the most important source for my study . I wish to ...
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... Frank- lin's pernicious biography . " Asceticism extended to early rising in the morning , with a boy " hounded to death and robbed of his natural rest because Franklin said once in one of his inspired flights of malignity — ' Early to ...
... Frank- lin's pernicious biography . " Asceticism extended to early rising in the morning , with a boy " hounded to death and robbed of his natural rest because Franklin said once in one of his inspired flights of malignity — ' Early to ...
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... Frank- lin's enemy but now his eulogist , in which he referred to Franklin " as our great and dear friend , whom time will be making greater while it is spunging us from it's records . " Time has not erased Thomas Jefferson from its ...
... Frank- lin's enemy but now his eulogist , in which he referred to Franklin " as our great and dear friend , whom time will be making greater while it is spunging us from it's records . " Time has not erased Thomas Jefferson from its ...
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... Frank- lin was a hail - fellow - well - met . He could keep himself at a dis- tance , and in fact he never showed all of himself to anyone . But very few men do , and complete openness is not necessary for friendship — indeed it might ...
... Frank- lin was a hail - fellow - well - met . He could keep himself at a dis- tance , and in fact he never showed all of himself to anyone . But very few men do , and complete openness is not necessary for friendship — indeed it might ...
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The Irrational Mr Franklin | 55 |
The Triumph of the Enemies | 77 |
An Old Friend Becomes an Enemy | 115 |
Wedderburnes in France Arthur Lee and Ralph Izard | 139 |
John Adams | 171 |
No Love for Franklins Enemies | 203 |
Abbreviations and Short Titles | 215 |
Notes | 217 |
Index | 243 |
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