Franklin

by Srodes, James

• ISBN13: 9780895261045
• ISBN10: 0895261049
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Regnery Pub

Summary

Historian and biographer James Srodes tells Franklin's incredible life story making full use of the previously neglected Franklin papers to provide the most riveting account yet of the journalist, scientist, politician, and unlikely adventurer.

Author Biography

James Srodes is the author of Allen Dulles: Master of Spies, which was named Best Intelligence Book of 2000 by the Association of Former Intelligence Officers, and the coauthor of a best-selling biography of automaker John DeLorean. A longtime journalist, Srodes has written for many publications, including Forbes, Business Week, Financial World, The Sunday Telegraph, The Daily Telegraph, and The Spectator. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Cecile

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Prologue	3	(8)
Chapter 1 Traits and Prospects	11	(22)
Chapter 2 Hope and Glory	33	(14)
Chapter 3 The Pursuit of Virtue	47	(16)
Chapter 4 Rising Citizen	63	(16)
Chapter 5 The Eminent Mr. Franklin	79	(24)
Chapter 6 Join or Die	103	(20)
Chapter 7 First Blood	123	(20)
Chapter 8 A New Nemesis	143	(12)
Chapter 9 Degrees and Separation	155	(14)
Chapter 10 Rejection and Return	169	(16)
Chapter 11 Back to London	185	(14)
Chapter 12 Countdown to Revolution	199	(20)
Chapter 13 The Death of a Dream	219	(20)
Chapter 14 To the Brink of War	239	(20)
Chapter 15 Revolution	259	(16)
Chapter 16 Declaring for Liberty	275	(16)
Chapter 17 The Diplomacy of War	291	(16)
Chapter 18 Winning Recognition	307	(16)
Chapter 19 Discal Days	323	(16)
Chapter 20 The Final Round	339	(16)
Chapter 21 The Struggle for Peace	355	(16)
Chapter 22 Home at Last	371	(18)
Epilogue	389	(6)
Notes	395	(14)
Bibliography	409	(8)
Acknowledgments	417	(2)
Index	419