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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.3092
EAN: 9780393039832
ISBN: 0393039838
Label: W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 244
Publication Date: December 01, 1996
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Sales Rank: 1770241
Studio: W. W. Norton & Company
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
This is a portrait of one of the founding fathers in American colonial history, Benjamin Franklin. Seeking to uncover details of his life omitted from his autobiography, this book presents him as a man of genius and enormous ego. He never flaunted his superiority, but permitted others to advance it. In order to understand the politician and his role in great events, award-winning author Jennings stresses the omnipresence of this ego, and the extent to which Franklin mirrored the feelings of other colonial Pennsylvanians. The book also investigates Franklin's struggle against Thomas Penn (entirely omitted from his autobiography), feudal lordship and the government of George III. The book seeks to provide an accurate account of Franklin's life and work, so that the reader may understand the meaning of the term "First American".
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
My comments are in response to the "A Book for the Scholars" review. The other reviewer seems to not have understood the late Fritz Jennings' clearly stated purpose for re-examining Franklin's political life. Recall that Franklin retired from his lucrative printing business as a wealthy man. He then entered public life. This latter part of Franklin's amazing life (1744-1775) is the focus of Jennings' admittedly "strongly revisionist" (i.e., a long overdue re-look) investigation. (204)
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I wasn't going to assign stars since I'm not qualified to judge the scholarship, but the system forces me to do so. Jennings claims to have examined previously ignored sources, and one must surely commend him for that. The book is generally impressive, but some of the cases where I can judge Jennings' reasoning make me wonder about his judgement in the cases where I have to take his word. My remarks are as a general reader with an interest in Franklin (I've read 3 biographies). The title is a ... Read More
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