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037			_bUniv of Nebraska Pr, C/O Longleaf Services Inc Po Box 8895, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 27515-8895 SAN 203-3151
050	0	0	_aE302.6.F8 _bD848 2010
082	0	0	_a973.3092
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100	1		_aDull, Jonathan R., _d1942-
245	1	0	_aBenjamin Franklin and the American Revolution / _cJonathan R. Dull.
260			_aLincoln : _bUniversity of Nebraska Press, _cc2010.
300			_aix, 171 p. ; _c22 cm.
500			_a"A Bison original."--Back cover.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aFrom rebelliousness to prosperity -- Two missions to England -- Eighteen months in Congress -- Franklin and the French -- Franklin and the British -- Franklin and his fellow Americans -- Epilogue: Franklin returns to Philadelphia.
520			_aThe inventor, the ladies' man, the affable diplomat, and the purveyor of pithy homespun wisdom: we all know the charming, resourceful Benjamin Franklin. What is less appreciated is the importance of Franklin's part in the American Revolution: except for Washington he was its most irreplaceable leader. Although aged and in ill health, Franklin served the cause with unsurpassed zeal and dedication. The author whose decades of work on The Papers of Benjamin Franklin have given him rare insight into his subject, explains Franklin's role in the Revolution, what prepared him for that role, and what motivated him. The Franklin presented here, a man immersed in the violence, danger, and suffering of the Revolution, is a tougher person than the Franklin of legend. This portrait captures Franklin's confidence and self-righteousness about himself and the American cause. It shows his fanatical zeal, his hatred of King George III and George's American supporters (particularly Franklin's own son), and his disdain for hardship and danger. It also shows a side of Franklin that he tried to hide: his vanity, pride, and ambition. Though not as lovable and avuncular as the person of legend, this Franklin is more interesting, more complex, and in many ways more impressive.
600	1	0	_aFranklin, Benjamin, _d1706-1790.
650		0	_aDiplomats _zGreat Britain _vBiography.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yRevolution, 1775-1783.
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _y1775-1783.
650		0	_aStatesmen _zUnited States _vBiography.
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