Gordon S. Wood

The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin (2005)

My father's review: 2/08/07This biography follows the development of Franklin’s personality, status, and effect on the world. It does not conflict with the excellent 2003biography by Edmund S. Morgan that was more conventional in reporting the amazing facts of his life. For more than 100 years c...

Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 (2009)