Benjamin Franklin in Scotland and Ireland, 1759 and 1771: The Military Career of a Philosopher

By J Bennett Nolan

An obscure but significant phase of Franklin's life--his six weeks' command on the Pennsylvania frontier after Braddock's defeat, where he organized defense against the French and Indians in the Lehigh Valley.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0006D807G
• ISBN13: 9781512813388
• Release Date: January 1936
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 112 Pages