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Benjamin Franklin is widely remembered for his discovery of electricity. But according to Pulitzer-prize winning author Stacy Schiff, his greatest achievement may have been his diplomatic skills in the years immediately after the Declaration of Independence was issued. Franklin persuaded the French government to provide the equivalent of $13 billion dollars in today’s money to help fund the colonial army’s fight against the British. Her new book is titled A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America.

Events:
Stacy Schiff will be reading on:
Thursday, May 19th at 7pm
192 Books
192 Tenth Ave (between 21st and 22nd Streets)

Music
Music of the Federal Era, Members of the Federal Music Society: “Samuel Holyoke: Quintetto”