Benjamin Franklin's Last Bet: The Favorite Founder's Divisive Death, Enduring Afterlife, and Blueprint for American Prosperity

by Michael Meyer

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The incredible story of Benjamin Franklin's parting gift to the working-class people of Boston and Philadelphia--a deathbed wager that captures the Founder's American Dream and his lessons for our current, conflicted age.

Benjamin Franklin was not a gambling man. But at the end of his illustrious life, the Founder allowed himself a final wager on the survival of the United States: a gift of two thousand pounds to Boston...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:132856889X

ISBN13:9781328568892

Release Date:April 2022

Publisher:Mariner Books

Length:368 Pages

Weight:1.21 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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