Poor Richard's Women : : Deborah Read Franklin and the Other Women Behind the Founding Father
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"A most awkward ridiculous appearance" -- "A man and not an angel" -- "Like a faithful pair of doves" -- "In the dark, all cats are grey" -- "Kisses in the wind" -- The ghost wife -- Home, but not in his heart -- "One continued state of suspense" -- "How i long to see you" -- "I desire that you may love me forever" -- "By the way, what did you do to that shoulder?" -- "Prudence is not your strongest point" -- "As long as we exist, you will not be abandoned" -- "We are apt to forget that we are grown old".
"Poor Richard's women describes Deborah's common-law marriage to Ben Franklin and his romances with other women"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
Boston : Beacon Press, [2022]
Year Published: 2022
Description: 212 pages ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780807011300
0807011304
SUBJECTS
Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790 -- Relations with women.
Franklin, Deborah Read Rogers, -- 1708-1774.
Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790 -- Friends and associates.
Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790 -- Family.
Man-woman relationships -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Mistresses -- Europe -- History -- 18th century.
Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Biography.
Biographies.