{"product_id":"9781421405001","title":"When Benjamin Franklin Met the Reverend Whitefield: Enlightenment, Revival, and the Power of the Printed Word","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1740s, two quite different developments revolutionized Anglo-American life and thought—the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening. This book takes an encounter between the paragons of each movement—the printer and entrepreneur Benjamin Franklin and the British-born revivalist George Whitefield—as an opportunity to explore the meaning of the beginnings of modern science and rationality on one hand and evangelical religious enthusiasm on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are people who both represent the times in which they live and change them for the better. Franklin and Whitefield were two such men. The morning that they met, they formed a long and lucrative partnership: Whitefield provided copies of his journals and sermons, Franklin published them. So began one of the most unique, mutually profitable, and influential friendships in early American history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy focusing this study on Franklin and Whitefield, Peter Charles Hoffer defines with great precision the importance of the Anglo-American Atlantic World of the eighteenth century in American history. With a swift and persuasive narrative, Hoffer introduces readers to the respective life story of each man, examines in engaging detail the central themes of their early writings, and concludes with a description of the last years of their collaboration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFranklin’s and Whitefield’s intellectual contributions reach into our own time, making Hoffer's readable and enjoyable account of these extraordinary men and their extraordinary friendship relevant today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlso in the\u003c\/i\u003e Witness to History \u003ci\u003eseries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Huron-Wendat Feast of the Dead: Indian-European Encounters in Early North America\u003c\/i\u003e by Erik R. Seeman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKing Philip's War: Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and the End of Indian Sovereignty\u003c\/i\u003e by Daniel R. Mandell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e by Williamjames Hull Hoffer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations\u003c\/i\u003e by Tim Lehman\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141277401328,"sku":"9781421405001","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781421405001_p0.jpg?v=1769899103","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781421405001","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}