01434cam a2200361 4500 130122852 TxAuBib 20080416120000.0 041026s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2004060615 9780805066333 0805066330 (OCoLC)57001654 DLC DLC ICrlF TxAuBib Schiff, Stacy. A great improvisation [ANF] : Franklin, France, and the birth of America / Stacy Schiff. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2005. xvii, 489 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-461 and index.) Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. New York Times. Presents a comprehensive study of Benjamin Franklin's eight-year mission to negotiate assistance from France to help finance America's war against England and examines his relationship with the French people and the monarchy and the impact he made upon society. Adult. 20080416. Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790. United States Foreign relations France. United States Foreign relations 1775-1783. United States Foreign relations. France Foreign relations United States. TXGPL