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Title: Americanization of Benjamin Franklin

Author: Gordon S. Wood

Narrator: Peter Johnson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 2004-05-24

Publisher: HighBridge Company

Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, North America, General

Publisher's Summary:

Why did Benjamin Franklin retire from business and become gentleman? Why did he admire the British Empire, and join the American Revolution? Why did he begin writing his Autobiography when he did? And how did the first American become an American in the first place?

Renowned historian Gordon S. Wood spent ten years studying a legend. In this untraditional biography, he penetrates beneath 200 years' accumulation of images and representations to find the historical Franklin. He places his subject's amazing life in its 18th century context and shatters forever the comforting stereotypes: homespun patriot, cracker-barrel philosopher, folksy founder, genial self-improver. Groundbreaking and riveting, this book is a must for anyone interested in American history and the roots of American character.