BOOKS OF THE TIMES; Ben Franklin Took On France With Insouciant Diplomacy (Benjamin Franklin)
December 3, 2007
BOOKS OF THE TIMES; Ben Franklin
Stacy Schiff provides an impressively researched account of Franklin's critical mission to Paris to secure French support for the rebellious colonies.
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Russian Princess Stands With Franklin as Comrade of the Enlightenment 
Ekaterina Dashkova, a Russian princess, was the first woman in the world to head a national academy of sciences. It is a rarity to this day.
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Dr. Johnson’s Revolution 
Samuel Johnson's dictionary remains an invaluable guide to what our founders had in mind when they set the democratic experiment in motion.
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