The loyal son : the war in Ben Franklin's house / Daniel Mark Epstein.
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- 9780345544216
- 0345544218
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Main Library | Biography | Franklin B. E64 | Available | 33111008779551 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
At the heart of Ben Franklin's life was his infamous relationship with his son William. Born when Franklin was only 24, the boy was adopted by his father, raised and educated to be his aide. William rose to be the Royal Governor of New Jersey a decade before the Revolution. Politics then pulled them apart, the famous patriot and the loyal Tory governor, and what had been a loving bond was destroyed forever.
With the shrewdness and persistence of a master detective, Epstein reconstructs the loving but complicated relationship between Ben and William, shedding light on a little-known side of Benjamin's life, as well as on the motives that caused William to become a leader of violent counter-revolutionary guerillas.
Story Locale- London and Philadelphia, mid to late 1700s
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface: a night journey, 1731 -- Part I. Sons of the empire -- Americans in London: September 22, 1761 -- Colonial contemporaries, 1753 -- Defenses and engagements -- Challenges, 1757 -- Triumphs -- Part II. America and her children -- America, 1763 -- A frenzy or madness -- Blood and money -- Rebellion, 1772-73 -- A thorough government man -- Two roads -- Part III. War -- Trevose, 1775 -- The last word -- The reckoning, 1776 -- Paterfamilias -- The dark night of the soul -- Part IV. Danse macabre -- The scene of action, 1778-81 -- Captain Huddy and the dance of death -- Going home -- Epilogue, 1785-1823.