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CONTENTS PROLOGUE 1 THE IMPROPER BOSTONIAN Hooped Petticoats and the Folly of Fashion 2 B. FRANKLIN, PRINTER Franklin in Training¿for Virtue 3 DOCTOR FRANKLIN Solving the Mystery of Lightning and Thunder 4 PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS Can the American Colonies Possibly Unite? 5 THE ROAD TO SEPARATION Franklin Tries to Sway Public Opinion in London 6 WAR AND PEACE B. Franklin on J. Adams 7 NEW NATION AND AGED PATRIARCH Franklin Lobbies Against Slavery and the Slave Trade CHRONOLOGY NOTES INDEX
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
Scientists -- United States -- Biography.
Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
Printers -- United States -- Biography.