9780195386561-0195386566-The Making of a Patriot: Benjamin Franklin at the Cockpit (Critical Historical Encounters Series)

The Making of a Patriot: Benjamin Franklin at the Cockpit (Critical Historical Encounters Series)

ISBN-13: 9780195386561
ISBN-10: 0195386566
Edition: 1
Author: Sheila L. Skemp
Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 184 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780195386561
ISBN-10: 0195386566
Edition: 1
Author: Sheila L. Skemp
Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 184 pages

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The Making of a Patriot: Benjamin Franklin at the Cockpit (Critical Historical Encounters Series) (ISBN-13: 9780195386561 and ISBN-10: 0195386566), written by authors Sheila L. Skemp, was published by Oxford University Press in 2013. With an overall rating of 4.0 stars, it's a notable title among other United States (Historical, Colonial Period, United States History, Revolution & Founding) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Making of a Patriot: Benjamin Franklin at the Cockpit (Critical Historical Encounters Series) (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used United States books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.39.

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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.

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