My life with Benjamin Franklin /
"This book is a collection of incidental pieces that reveal little-known aspects of the life and personality of Benjamin Franklin. Written by the doyenne of Franklin scholars, it conveys Franklin's humor, resiliency, courage, and intelligence, and his faith in a better future." "...
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2000]
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Table of Contents:
- A chronology of Franklin's life and curiosity
- pt. I. Some facets of Franklin's personality : Franklin, Hitler, Mussolini, and the Internet ; The only founding father in a sports hall of fame : Three women, three styles ; Grandfathers, fathers, and sons
- pt. II. Enigmas and tricks : The man who frightened Franklin ; Franklin and the unfortunate divine ; Franklin's most baffling correspondent ; Franklin and the mystery Turk: The Morals of Chess ; Franklin and Mesmer: a confrontation
- pt. III. His country's envoy : Outfitting one's country for war: a study in frustration ; Franklin's choice of a dinner set ; Franklin and the nine sisters ; The Duchess, the plenipotentiary, and the golden cap of liberty ; Franklin plays Cupid ; Was Franklin too French?
- pt. IV. Back at home : Innocents on the Ohio: The American Utopia of Dr. Guillotin ; Franklin and slavery: a sea change
- Around the table, they remember Franklin.