Title |
A great improvisation Franklin, France, and the birth of America
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Names |
Schiff, Stacy.
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Book Number |
DB059682
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer reconstructs Benjamin Franklin's seven-year sojourn in France. Chronicles the political and social intrigues of eighteenth-century Paris. Claims Franklin's negotiated French-American alliance led ultimately to the colonies' independence from Britain and a bond with France that lasted two centuries. Commercial audiobook. 2005.
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Narrator |
Denaker, Susan.
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Local Subject |
Politics and Government - POL
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Current Events / Contemporary Issues - CON
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Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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History, United States - HUS
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History - HST
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Commercial format - CF
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Long Book - LO
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Audience Notes |
Female narrator.
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LC Subject |
France - Foreign relations - United States
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United States - Foreign relations - 1775-1783
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United States - Foreign relations - France
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Call Number |
327.7304409033 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2005
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2005 (Talking Book Publishers, recording studio).
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Original Publication |
Reissue of: Santa Ana, CA : Books on Tape, 2005.
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