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02162nam a2200397Ia 4500 001 692E67582B0C11DE82774608A8D7520A 005 200904162358.0 008 060202r20062005nyuac b 001 0deng 020 $a 9780805080094 020 $a 9780805080094 (pbk.) 020 $a 0805080090 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)63267356 040 $a TET $c TET $d SILO $d MUQ $d IOH $d SILO 082 0 $a 327.73044/09/033 $2 22 100 1 $a Schiff, Stacy. 245 1 $a A great improvisation : $b Franklin, France, and the birth of America / $c Stacy Schiff. 250 $a 1st Owl Books ed. 260 $a New York : $b Henry Holt, $c 2006. 300 $a xvii, 489 p. : $b ill., ports. ; $c 21 cm. 500 $a Originally published in hardcover in 2005 by Henry Holt. 500 $a "Owl book." 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-461) and index. 505 0 $a The first mistake in public business is the going into it, 1776 -- Half the truth is often a great lie, 1776-1777 -- Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead, 1777 -- The cat in gloves catches no mice, 1777-1778 -- There is no such thing as a little enemy, 1778 -- Admiration is the daughter of ignorance, 1778 -- Success has ruined many a man, 1779 -- Everyone has wisdom enough to manage the affairs of his neighbors, 1780 -- The sting of a reproach is the truth of it, 1780-1781 -- Those who in quarrels interpose may get bloody nose, 1782 -- The absent are never without fault, 1783 -- Creditors have better memories than debtors, 1784-1785. 600 10 $a Franklin, Benjamin, $d 1706-1790. 600 16 $a Franklin, Benjamin, $d 1706-1790. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $z France 651 0 $a France $x Foreign relations $z United States 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 1775-1783. 651 6 $a EÌtats-Unis $x Relations exteÌrieures $z France. 651 6 $a France $x Relations exteÌrieures $z EÌtats-Unis. 651 6 $a EÌtats-Unis $x Relations exteÌrieures $y 1775-1783. 939 $a 5633613 941 $a 1 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20240724063018.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=692E67582B0C11DE82774608A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search