A Great Improvisation : Franklin, France, and the Birth of America
by Stacy Schiff
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Author: Stacy SchiffEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language)
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Published: 2005-04-02
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 512
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Book Review: A Geographic Improvisation
Summary: 3 Stars
Ol' Ben finally returns home (p. 396). "Six weeks later a light morning breeze lifted the Packet above Virginia's Gloucester Point and into the Chesapeake, affording Franklin a full view of Philadelphia". Fortunately the ship's captain had a better grasp of geography than does the author!
It took a while to slog through the entire book - too many commas and not enough periods! But the author does provide new (non-geographical) insights into the highly unlikely birth of our country.
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