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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
x, 590 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Description
-- Benjamin Franklin, The most interesting thing that Franklin invented, and continually reinvented, was himself. America's first great publicist, he was consciously trying to create a new American archetype. In the process, he carefully crafted his own persona, portrayed it in public, and polished it for posterity. His guiding principle was a "dislike of everything that tended to debase the spirit of the common people." Few of his fellow founders...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
512 pages
Description
"Few in history can match the breadth and depth of the revolutionary career of the Marquis de Lafayette. Over fifty incredible years at the heart of the Age of Revolution, he fought as one with righteous revolutionaries on both sides of the Atlantic. As an idealistic and courageous teenager serving in the American Revolution, he used his considerable wealth and savvy to help the Americans defeat the British. Then he returned home, and was a principal...
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