The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin
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The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin
| Author | Gordon S. Wood |
|---|---|
| Published | 2004 |
| Pages | 299 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Gordon Wood’s argument that Franklin spent most of his adult life as a British imperial gentleman, hoping to the last for an accommodation within the empire, and became “American” late, abruptly and partly against his own preferences — the homespun, self-made Franklin of national memory being a posthumous construction. |
The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin
Where I heard about it
- Li Lu — entry 2 in the Biography section of Li Lu’s Recommended Book List, one of three consecutive Franklin entries (the Almanack, this, and Isaacson’s life) — the one that complicates the myth the other two supply.
About this edition
First published by The Penguin Press in 2004; Li Lu cites the Penguin Books 2005 paperback.
Connections
- Li Lu’s Recommended Book List — the list this came from.
- Li Lu — the Himalaya Capital founder who assembled it.
- Benjamin Franklin — the subject.
- Poor Richard’s Almanack — entry 1 of the section, Franklin in his own maxims.
- Benjamin Franklin — An American Life — Isaacson’s biography, entry 3 of the same section.
- The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin — the self-portrait Wood argues did most of the myth-making.
- Founding Fathers — the category Franklin joined later than the others.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.