David Franks by Mark Abbott Stern

David Franks by Mark Abbott Stern

A biography of David Franks, an American Jewish merchant in Philadelphia during the colonial period and the War for Independence. A supplier to the British army since the French and Indian War, Franks, though acquitted of treason, was forced out of Pennsylvania.

“Mark Abbott Stern’s well-written and extremely well-researched biography of Philadelphia merchant David Franks (1720–1793) ranks among the best works on early American JewsIt is also the finest study I know that clarifies the complicated story of army contracting during the French and Indian War and the bureaucratic intricacies of caring for prisoners of war during the American Revolution.”

—William A. Pencak, The Pennsylvania State University

“In this gracefully written book, Mark Abbott Stern tells the story of a Jewish man, his Christian family, and his adopted city of Philadelphia during the era that led to American independence. David Franks: Colonial Merchant is the sweeping and illuminating chronicle of a businessman’s engagement with history, the grand intersection of personal temperament with war, westward expansion, and social assimilation. Demonstrating remarkable archival scholarship, Stern writes with skill, sympathy, and mastery about a man in his times.”

—Edith B. Gelles, Stanford University

Mark Abbott Stern is a retired engineer and amateur historian. He has devoted the past eleven years to studying the life of David Franks.

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ISBN 13	9780271030982
ISBN 10	0271030984
Title	David Franks
Author	Mark Abbott Stern
Series	Keystone Books
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pennsylvania State University Press
Year published	2014-06-15
Number of pages	288
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