Clark, Ronald W., — Benjamin Franklin: a biography.

Edison, NJ, Castle Books, (2004). VG in VG DJ. Fully documented account of the "first American" gives a detailed and lively picture of the writer who invented the. lightning conductor; the politician who spent years as emissary in London trying to prevent the American War of Independence; the statesman who when war came, served as the U.S. representative in Paris, intriguing for French air and American victory.