Books by David D. Hall
“Hall’s story is about Puritanism, from roughly the beginning of efforts to reform the Church of England in the 1570s down to the Glorious Revolution. He does both sides of the Atlantic, which is, really well done. Too often studies of Puritanism isolate the European side from the North American side.” Read more...
The best books on Benjamin Franklin
D.G. Hart, Historian
Interviews where books by David D. Hall were recommended
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The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin
by Gordon S. Wood -
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Benjamin Franklin: The Shaping of Genius: the Boston Years
by Arthur Bernon Tourtellot -
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The Puritans: A Transatlantic History
by David D. Hall -
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The Enlightenment in America
by Henry May -
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William Penn’s Legacy: Politics and Social Structure in Provincial Pennsylvania 1726-1755
by Alan Tully
The best books on Benjamin Franklin, recommended by D.G. Hart
The best books on Benjamin Franklin, recommended by D.G. Hart
The Founding Fathers of the United States were a remarkable bunch of people, but Benjamin Franklin might have been the most remarkable of them all. Coming from humble stock, he became a businessman, scientist, diplomat and politician—a giant of the Enlightenment. Historian D.G. Hart sheds some light on his character and background and puts him in his broader social and political context.
