My life with Benjamin Franklin /
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| Author / Creator: | Lopez, Claude-Anne, 1920-2012 |
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| Imprint: | New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2000. |
| Description: | xxii, 261 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4233341 |
Table of Contents:
- A Chronology of Franklin's Life and Curiosity
- Pt. I. Some Facets of Franklin's Personality. 1. Franklin, Hitler, Mussolini, and the Internet. 2. The Only Founding Father in a Sports Hall of Fame. 3. Three Women, Three Styles. 4. Grandfathers, Fathers, and Sons
- Pt. II. Enigmas and Tricks. 5. The Man Who Frightened Franklin. 6. Franklin and the Unfortunate Divine. 7. Franklin's Most Baffling Correspondent. 8. Franklin and the Mystery Turk: The Morals of Chess. 9. Franklin and Mesmer: A Confrontation
- Pt. III. His Country's Envoy. 10. Outfitting One's Country for War: A Study in Frustration. 11. Franklin's Choice of a Dinner Set. 12. Franklin and the Nine Sisters. 13. The Duchess, the Plenipotentiary, and the Golden Cap of Liberty. 14. Franklin Plays Cupid. 15. Was Franklin Too French?
- Pt. IV. Back at Home. 16. Innocents on the Ohio: The American Utopia of Dr. Guillotin. 17. Franklin and Slavery: A Sea Change. Epilogue: Around the Table, They Remember Franklin.
