Nonfiction Chronicle
New books by Philip Dray, Ray Moynihan and Alan Cassels, John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger, Brian Murphy and Jesse Helms.
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Annals of Medicine, Yellow With Age 
A rare-book library offers a 1542 surgery text, letters from Freud, a discreet 1839 sex manual and the odd hairball or two.
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'A Great Improvisation': Our Man in Paris 
In a biography of Benjamin Franklin, Stacy Schiff focuses on his eight years as a diplomatic charmer in France.
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Ben Franklin Took On France With Insouciant Diplomacy 
Stacy Schiff provides an impressively researched account of Franklin's critical mission to Paris to secure French support for the rebellious colonies.
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