The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin
"Central to America's idea of itself is the character of Benjamin Franklin. We all know him, or think we do: in recent works and in our inherited conventional wisdom, he remains fixed in place as a genial polymath and self-improver who was so very American that he is known by us all as "the first American."" "The problem with this beloved notion of Franklin's quintessential Americanness, Gordon Wood shows us in this book, is that it's simply not true.
HistoryAmerican History · low confidenceCatalog subject evidence is still thin for this record; the current assignment is provisional.American History42 signalsTravel & Place42 signalsHistory11 signalsAward Category: George Washington Prize: Founding Era -> American HistoryKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryKeyword Classifier: Travel & Place -> Travel & PlaceTravel, Exploration & PlaceRegional & Local History
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| Award | Year | Result | Category / Notes |
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| George Washington Prize: Founding Era | 2005 | Finalist | Secondary source |