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About H.W. Brands
See more books from this AuthorAlong with his unusual attainments, Franklin also “had almost no personal enemies and comparatively few political enemies for a man of public affairs,” and throughout his biography Brands carefully charts just how Franklin managed, through a mix of charm and practicality, to make peace in difficu...
| Read Full Review of The First American: The Life ...Franklin's story is the story of a manDan exceedingly gifted man and a most engaging one. It is also the story of the birth of AmericaDan America this man discovered in himself, then helped create i
Sep 04 2000 | Read Full Review of The First American: The Life ...From Franklin's progress as a self-declared ""Briton""Dserving as London agent for Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and other coloniesDto his evolution as an American (wartime minister to France, senior peace negotiator with Britain and, finally, senior participant at the Constitutional Convention), B...
| Read Full Review of The First American: The Life ...Through Franklin's letters, his autobiography, and the reminiscences of those who knew him, Brands gives new life to the mythic hero we thought we already knew–and because his acquaintances included ministers, philosophers, scientists, radicals, no-nonsense businessmen, as well as women of the st...
Aug 11 2001 | Read Full Review of The First American: The Life ...An aggregated and normalized score based on 206 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes