01893cam a2200349 i 4500 451126071 TxAuBib 20200101120000.0 170324s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017013553 9780345544216 hardcover : alk. paper 0345544218 hardcover : alk. paper DLC eng DLC rda DLC TxAuBib rda Epstein, Daniel Mark. The loyal son : the war in Ben Franklin's house / Daniel Mark Epstein. First edition. New York : Ballantine Books, [2017] xx, 438 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Preface: a night journey, 1731 -- Part I. Sons of the empire -- Americans in London: September 22, 1761 -- Colonial contemporaries, 1753 -- Defenses and engagements -- Challenges, 1757 -- Triumphs -- Part II. America and her children -- America, 1763 -- A frenzy or madness -- Blood and money -- Rebellion, 1772-73 -- A thorough government man -- Two roads -- Part III. War -- Trevose, 1775 -- The last word -- The reckoning, 1776 -- Paterfamilias -- Dark night of the soul -- Part IV. Danse macabre -- The scene of action, 1778-81 -- Captain Huddy and the dance of death -- Going home -- Epilogue, 1785-1823. 20200101. Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790. Franklin, William 1731-1813. Statesmen United States Biography. Governors New Jersey Biography. American loyalists Biography. Statesmen's children United States Biography. United States Politics and government 1775-1783.