The Making of a Patriot: Benjamin Franklin at the Cockpit (Critical Historical Encounters) - Sheila L. Skemp - Livros - Oxford University Press - 9780195386561 - 15 de julho de 2013
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Sheila L. Skemp
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On January 29, 1774, Benjamin Franklin was called to appear before the Privy Council--a select group of the king's advisors--in an octagonal-shaped room in Whitehall Palace known as the Cockpit. Spurred by jeers and applause from the audience in the Cockpit, Solicitor General Alexander Wedderburn unleashed a withering tirade against Franklin. Though Franklin entered the room as a dutiful servant of the British crown, he left as a budding American revolutionary. In The Making of a Patriot, renowned Franklin historian Sheila L. Skemp presents an insightful, lively narrative that goes beyond the traditional Franklin biography--and behind the common myths--to demonstrate how Franklin's ultimate decision to support the colonists was by no means a foregone conclusion. In fact, up until the Cockpit ordeal, he was steadfastly committed to achieving "an accommodation of our differences."

The Making of a Patriot sheds light on the conspiratorial framework within which actors on both sides of the Atlantic moved toward revolution. It highlights how this event ultimately pitted Franklin against his son, suggesting that the Revolution was, in no small part, also a civil war.

Mídia Livros     Paperback Book   (Livro de capa flexível e brochura)
Lançado 15 de julho de 2013
ISBN13 9780195386561
Editoras Oxford University Press
Páginas 208
Dimensões 140 × 15 × 210 mm   ·   226 g
Idioma Inglês  

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