Benjamin Franklin in London : the British life of America's founding father /
Goodwin, George, 1956-
Benjamin Franklin in London : the British life of America's founding father / George Goodwin. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (xiii, 365 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits
Includes bibliographies and index.
1706-1724 : life before London -- 1724-1726 : a young man in London -- 1726-c.1748 : foundations -- c.1748-1757 : Conductor -- 1757-1758 : a London life -- 1757 : return to London -- 1758 onwards : Benjamin Franklin's British family -- 1758-1762 : moves and countermoves -- 1762-1764 : intermission -- 1764-1766 : the stamp act -- 1766-1770 : pivotal years -- Home comforts and discomforts -- 1770-c.1771 : seeking balance -- 1771-1772 : movements -- 1772-1774 : drawn to the cockpit -- 1774-1775 : the last year in London -- Aftermath: 'a little revenge'.
An account of Franklin's British years. Goodwin gives a colorful account of Franklin's British years. Few people realize that Franklin lived more than one-fifth of his life in London, first as a young man and then as a colonial representative during the Seven Years' War. The result is an enthralling study of an American patriot who was a fiercely loyal British citizen for most of his life-- until he became a reluctant revolutionary at the age of sixty-nine.
9780300222944
Americans--History--England--London--18th century.
Statesmen--United States--Biography.
Electronic Books.
E302 / .B465 2016
Benjamin Franklin in London : the British life of America's founding father / George Goodwin. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (xiii, 365 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits
Includes bibliographies and index.
1706-1724 : life before London -- 1724-1726 : a young man in London -- 1726-c.1748 : foundations -- c.1748-1757 : Conductor -- 1757-1758 : a London life -- 1757 : return to London -- 1758 onwards : Benjamin Franklin's British family -- 1758-1762 : moves and countermoves -- 1762-1764 : intermission -- 1764-1766 : the stamp act -- 1766-1770 : pivotal years -- Home comforts and discomforts -- 1770-c.1771 : seeking balance -- 1771-1772 : movements -- 1772-1774 : drawn to the cockpit -- 1774-1775 : the last year in London -- Aftermath: 'a little revenge'.
An account of Franklin's British years. Goodwin gives a colorful account of Franklin's British years. Few people realize that Franklin lived more than one-fifth of his life in London, first as a young man and then as a colonial representative during the Seven Years' War. The result is an enthralling study of an American patriot who was a fiercely loyal British citizen for most of his life-- until he became a reluctant revolutionary at the age of sixty-nine.
9780300222944
Americans--History--England--London--18th century.
Statesmen--United States--Biography.
Electronic Books.
E302 / .B465 2016