David Franks - Colonial Merchant

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Abbott Stern
• Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9780271036694
• ISBN: 978-0-271-03669-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 236 mm x 161 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 572 g
• Series: Keystone Books
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies