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Summary:

"Poor Richard's women describes Deborah's common-law marriage to Ben Franklin and his romances with other women"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• "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".

Author/Creator:

Stuart, Nancy Rubin, 1944- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Poor Richard's women: Deborah Read Franklin and the other women behind the founding father [by Stuart, N.R.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Poor Richard's Women [by Stuart, N.R.] (New York : Beacon Press,c2022 — ISBN 9780807011300)

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

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

1700-1799

Friends and associates

Families

Man-woman relationships

Mistresses

Statesmen

Relations with women

United States

Pennsylvania — Philadelphia

Europe

Genres:

History

Biographies

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index
Description based on: Print version of record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

E302.6.F8 S93 2022eb

ISBNs:

0807011401
9780807011409 (electronic bk.)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2021039138

OCLC Numbers:

1303087182