WOOD, Gordon S.
The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin.
First Edition of The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin; inscribed by Gordon S. Wood in the year of publication
New York: The Penguin Press, 2004.
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First edition of this fresh vision of Franklin's life and reputation. Octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Charlie Thomas, with best wishes, Gordon S. Wood 6/4/04." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Evan Gaffney.
Gordon S. Wood (born 1933) is a preeminent American historian whose scholarship has profoundly shaped the study of the American Revolution and the intellectual origins of the United States. A leading figure of the “republican synthesis” in early American historiography, Wood is best known for works such as 'The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787' (1969), which won the Bancroft Prize, and 'The Radicalism of the American Revolution' (1992), which received the Pulitzer Prize for History. 'The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin' explores how Franklin’s life and reputation were transformed from that of a loyal British colonial subject into a defining symbol of American identity. Through detailed historical analysis, Wood traces Franklin’s evolution from ambitious tradesman and imperial servant to revolutionary leader and embodiment of republican values such as self-reliance, civic virtue, and social mobility.
The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin.
$375.00
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