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Article: Wood, Gordon S. The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
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WOOD, Gordon S. The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin. Penguin. 299p. illus. notes. index. c2004. 0-14-303528-2. $16.00. SA
Prize-winning author Gordon Wood (The Radicalism of the American Revolution; The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787) gives us a fresh view of one of America's founding fathers, whose tercentennial will be celebrated in 2006. The author intends to "recover the historic Franklin" and to "place Franklin's incredible life in its eighteenth-century context."
A wealthy self-made man, Franklin retired from active business in 1748 at the age of 42. He then threw himself into scientific experiments, politics and public service. ...