BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S BASTARD; a novel
New York, N.Y. William Morrow, 2013. First Edition, Second Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, black quarter cloth over black boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped), with image of a lit lantern in a man's hand; 353 pages + [1] Acknowledgements. Very Fine / Near Fine. Item #7693
ISBN: 9780062241924
SIGNED SUPERIOR COPY: very tight, bright, & clean copy. Slight rubbing to head and foot of dj's spine.
Lusty Ben's son, the "base-born" offspring of has favorite mistress, Anne, was raised by Franklin's common law Loyalist wife Deborah. Son William (1730-1813) was to become the last Colonial Governor of New Jersey (1763-1776) and a leader of the Loyalists, which led to family tragedy.
Sally Cabot Gunning is the New England author of six critically acclaimed historically themed novels: The Widow’s War, Bound, The Rebellion of Jane Clarke, Benjamin Franklin’s Bastard, Monticello: A Daughter and Her Father, and her latest novel, Painting the Light. She is also a Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
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