Author: Jacob Henry Studer
Publisher: Washington : [s.n.]
ISBN:
Category : Columbus (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 624

View

Book Description

Author: Beverly Merritt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Franklin County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 176

View

Book Description

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Franklin County (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages :

View

Book Description

Author: Stacy Schiff
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1429907991
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 530

View

Book Description
Soon to be a streaming series ● In this dazzling work of history, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author follows Benjamin Franklin to France for the crowning achievement of his career In December of 1776 a small boat delivered an old man to France." So begins an enthralling narrative account of how Benjamin Franklin--seventy years old, without any diplomatic training, and possessed of the most rudimentary French--convinced France, an absolute monarchy, to underwrite America's experiment in democracy. When Franklin stepped onto French soil, he well understood he was embarking on the greatest gamble of his career. By virtue of fame, charisma, and ingenuity, Franklin outmaneuvered British spies, French informers, and hostile colleagues; engineered the Franco-American alliance of 1778; and helped to negotiate the peace of 1783. The eight-year French mission stands not only as Franklin's most vital service to his country but as the most revealing of the man. In A Great Improvisation, Stacy Schiff draws from new and little-known sources to illuminate the least-explored part of Franklin's life. Here is an unfamiliar, unforgettable chapter of the Revolution, a rousing tale of American infighting, and the treacherous backroom dealings at Versailles that would propel George Washington from near decimation at Valley Forge to victory at Yorktown. From these pages emerge a particularly human and yet fiercely determined Founding Father, as well as a profound sense of how fragile, improvisational, and international was our country's bid for independence.

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Franklin County (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 308

View

Book Description

Author: Marjorie Corrine Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780806309026
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 350

View

Book Description

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Franklin County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 255

View

Book Description

Author: Carla Pulliam
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Franklin County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 143

View

Book Description

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Franklin County (Ky.)
Languages : en
Pages :

View

Book Description

Author: Beverly Merritt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781985816602
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286

View

Book Description
Franklin County, Virginia Birth Records 1853 - 1870