{"product_id":"franklin-washington-the-founding-partnership-1","title":"Franklin \u0026 Washington: The Founding Partnership","description":"\"Larson's elegantly written dual\nbiography reveals that the partnership of Franklin and Washington was\nindispensable to the success of the Revolution.\" —Gordon S. Wood\nFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian\ncomes a masterful, first-of-its-kind dual biography of Benjamin Franklin and\nGeorge Washington, illuminating their partnership's enduring importance.\nNATIONAL BESTSELLER • One of Washington Post's \"10 Books to Read in February\" • One of USA Today’s “Must-Read\nBooks\" of Winter 2020 • One of Publishers Weekly's\n\"Top Ten\" Spring 2020 Memoirs\/Biographies\nTheirs was a\nthree-decade-long bond that, more than any other pairing, would forge the\nUnited States. Vastly different men, Benjamin Franklin—an abolitionist\nfreethinker from the urban north—and George Washington—a slaveholding general\nfrom the agrarian south—were the indispensable authors of American independence\nand the two key partners in the attempt to craft a more perfect union at the\nConstitutional Convention, held in Franklin’s Philadelphia and presided over by\nWashington. And yet their teamwork has been little remarked upon in the\ncenturies since.\nIlluminating Franklin and Washington’s\nrelationship with striking new detail and energy, Pulitzer Prize–winning\nhistorian Edward J. Larson shows that theirs was truly an intimate working\nfriendship that amplified the talents of each for collective advancement\nof the American project.\nAfter long supporting British rule, both Franklin and Washington became key early proponents of independence. Their friendship gained historical significance during the\nAmerican Revolution, when Franklin led America’s diplomatic mission in\nEurope (securing money and an alliance with France) and Washington commanded\nthe Continental Army. Victory required both of these efforts to succeed, and\nsuccess, in turn, required their mutual coordination and cooperation. In the\n1780s, the two sought to strengthen the union, leading to the framing and\nratification of the Constitution, the founding document that bears their stamp.\nFranklin and Washington—the two most revered\nfigures in the early republic—staked their lives and fortunes on the\nAmerican experiment in liberty and were committed to its preservation. Today\nthe United States is the world’s great superpower, and yet we also wrestle\nwith the government Franklin and Washington created more than two centuries\nago—the power of the executive branch, the principle of checks and balances,\nthe electoral college—as well as the wounds of their compromise over\nslavery. Now, as the founding institutions appear under new stress, it is time\nto understand their origins through the fresh lens of Larson’s Franklin\n\u0026amp; Washington, a major addition to the literature of the\nfounding era.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0062880152\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0062880152.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Larson, Edward J.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41929300246586,"sku":"DBV.0062880152.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0062880152-0_ea5f2036-8b7d-4f28-9d8c-19367e7cfd39.jpg?v=1794631066","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/franklin-washington-the-founding-partnership-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}