Benjamin Franklin /
Edmund S. Morgan.
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2002.
- xi, 339 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An exciting world -- "A dangerous man" -- An empire of Englishmen -- Proprietary pretensions -- The importance of opinion -- Endgame -- Becoming American -- Representing a nation of states -- A difficult peace -- Going home.
Draws on Franklin's extensive writings to provide a portrait of the statesman, inventor, and Founding Father.