{"product_id":"franklin-washington-the-founding-partnership","title":"Franklin \u0026 Washington: The Founding Partnership","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Larson's elegantly written dual\u003cbr\u003ebiography reveals that the partnership of Franklin and Washington was\u003cbr\u003eindispensable to the success of the Revolution.\" --Gordon S. Wood \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian\u003cbr\u003ecomes a masterful, first-of-its-kind dual biography of Benjamin Franklin and\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Washington, illuminating their partnership's enduring importance. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e's \"10 Books to Read in February\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e One of \u003cem\u003eUSA Today's\u003c\/em\u003e \"Must-Read\u003cbr\u003eBooks\" of Winter 2020 - One of \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e's\u003cbr\u003e\"Top Ten\" Spring 2020 Memoirs\/Biographies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheirs was a\u003cbr\u003ethree-decade-long bond that, more than any other pairing, would forge the\u003cbr\u003eUnited States. Vastly different men, Benjamin Franklin--an abolitionist\u003cbr\u003efreethinker from the urban north--and George Washington--a slavehold-ing general\u003cbr\u003efrom the agrarian south--were the indispensable authors of American independence\u003cbr\u003eand the two key partners in the attempt to craft a more perfect union at the\u003cbr\u003eConstitutional Convention, held in Franklin's Philadelphia and presided over by\u003cbr\u003eWashington. And yet their teamwork has been little remarked upon in the\u003cbr\u003ecenturies since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIlluminating Franklin and Washington's\u003cbr\u003erelationship with striking new detail and energy, Pulitzer Prize-winning\u003cbr\u003ehistorian Edward J. Larson shows that theirs was truly an intimate working\u003cbr\u003efriendship that amplified the talents of each for collective advancement\u003cbr\u003eof the American project.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter long sup-porting British rule, both Franklin and Washington became key early proponents of inde-pendence. Their friendship gained historical significance during the\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Revolution, when Franklin led America's diplomatic mission in\u003cbr\u003eEurope (securing money and an alliance with France) and Washington commanded\u003cbr\u003ethe Continental Army. Victory required both of these efforts to succeed, and\u003cbr\u003esuccess, in turn, required their mutual coordination and cooperation. In the\u003cbr\u003e1780s, the two sought to strengthen the union, leading to the framing and\u003cbr\u003eratification of the Constitution, the founding document that bears their stamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFranklin and Washington--the two most revered\u003cbr\u003efigures in the early republic--staked their lives and fortunes on the\u003cbr\u003eAmerican experiment in liberty and were committed to its preservation. Today\u003cbr\u003ethe United States is the world's great super-power, and yet we also wrestle\u003cbr\u003ewith the government Franklin and Washington created more than two centuries\u003cbr\u003eago--the power of the executive branch, the principle of checks and balances, \u003cbr\u003ethe electoral college--as well as the wounds of their compromise over\u003cbr\u003eslavery. Now, as the founding institutions appear under new stress, it is time\u003cbr\u003eto understand their origins through the fresh lens of Larson's \u003cem\u003eFranklin\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; Washington, \u003c\/em\u003ea major addition to the literature of the\u003cbr\u003efounding era.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944106819815,"sku":"9780062880161","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_6878f01d-95dc-406d-a64d-0663dd1bb450.jpg?v=1775352708","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/franklin-washington-the-founding-partnership","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}