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xiv, 335 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm |
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Benjamin Franklin --George Washington. |
| Summary |
Theirs was a three-decade-long bond that, more than any other pairing, would forge the United States. Vastly different men, Benjamin Franklinan abolitionist freethinker from the urban northand George Washingtona slaveholding general from the agrarian southwere the indispensable authors of American independence and the two key partners in the attempt to craft a more perfect union at the Constitutional Convention, held in Franklins Philadelphia and presided over by Washington. And yet their teamwork has been little remarked upon in the centuries since. Illuminating Franklin and Washingtons relationship with striking new detail and energy, Pulitzer Prizewinning historian Edward J. Larson shows that theirs was truly an intimate working friendship that amplified the talents of each for collective advancement of the American project. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-321) and index. |
| Subject |
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
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Washington, George, 1732-1799.
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Founding Fathers of the United States -- Biography.
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography.
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United States -- History -- 1783-1815 -- Biography.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Founding partnership |
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Franklin and Washington |
| ISBN |
9780062880154 |
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0062880152 |
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