History & Heritage: George Goodwin

George Goodwin, Historian and Author in Residence, Benjamin Franklin House in London

Speaking on his book, Benjamin Franklin in London: The British Life of America’s Founding Father

Monday, March 27, 2017 | Auditorium | 4:30pm

As said in a literary review of George Goodwin’s book, “There are three Benjamin Franklins; the American, the British, and the French. The first and last are famous, the second forgotten.” Goodwin has offered fascinating perspective into that second Franklin through this lively, moving, and finely textured account of Franklin’s years in London. Goodwin provides a thoroughly researched chronicle of the transformation from provincial lobbyist to risk–taking revolutionary. Join Benjamin Franklin at home with his landlady Mrs. Stevenson and her delightful daughter Polly. Meet him at St. Paul’s coffee house and within the grand houses of contending political peers. Accompany him on summer travels, whether to Scotland and Ireland, or across the channel to Continental Europe. Goodwin will take you on a riveting, historical journey of the British life of America’s Founding Father. As an added bonus, attendees of this lecture will receive a copy of Benjamin Franklin in London personally signed by author George Goodwin (gift applies to one book per couple).