TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goodwin,George
TI  - Benjamin Franklin in London: the British life of America's founding father 
SN  - 9780300222944
AV  - E302 .B465 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Americans
KW  - England
KW  - London
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Statesmen
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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'; 2; b
N2  - 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
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