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At the center of the besieged city stood a converted palace that housed the world's largest collection of seeds--more than 250

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First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by H.W. Brands summer activities " --Gardens IllustratedPULITZER PRIZE FINALIST Benjamin Franklin, perhaps the pivotal figure in colonial and revolutionary America, comes vividly to life in this "thorough biography of America's first Renaissance man" (The Washington Post) by the two time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War. "The authoritative Franklin biography for our time." Joseph J. Ellis, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning Founding Brothers Wit, diplomat,