A great improvisation Franklin, France, and the birth of America

Main Author:	Schiff, Stacy.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Henry Holt, 2005.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Franklin, Benjamin, > 1706-1790. United States > Foreign relations > France. France > Foreign relations > United States. United States > Foreign relations > 1775-1783.

Physical Description:	xvii, 489 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-461) and index.
ISBN:	0805066330
Author Notes:	Stacy Schiff was born on October 26, 1961 in Adams, Massachusetts. She received a B.A. degree from Williams College in 1982. She was a Senior Editor at Simon and Schuster until 1990. She is the author of several nonfiction books including Saint-Exupéry: A Biography about Antoine de Saint Exupéry, Cleopatra: A Life, and The Witches: Salem 1692. She won the Pulitzer Prize for biography for Véra: Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov in 2000. (Bowker Author Biography)