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Prologue : January 29, 1774 -- Boston Beginnings : 1706-23 -- Friends and Other Strangers : 1723-24 -- London Once : 1724-26 -- An Imprint of His Own : 1726-30 -- Poor Richard : 1730-35 -- Citizen : 1735-40 -- Arc of Empire : 1741-48 -- Electricity and Fame : 1748-51 -- A Taste of Politics : 1751-54 -- Join or Die : 1754-55 -- The People's Colonel : 1755-57 -- A Larger Stage : 1757-58 -- Imperialist : 1759-60 -- Briton : 1760-62 -- Rising in the West : 1762-64 -- Stamps and Statesmanship : 1764-66 -- Duties and Pleasures : 1766-67 -- Reason and Riot : 1768-69 -- The Rift Widens : 1770-71 -- To Kick a Little : 1772-73 -- The Cockpit : 1774-75 -- Rebel : 1775-76 -- Salvation in Paris : 1776-78 -- Bonhomme Richard : 1778-79 -- Minister Plenipotentiary : 1779-81 -- Blessed Work : 1781-82 -- Savant : 1783-85 -- Home : 1785-86 -- Sunrise at Dusk : 1786-87 -- To Sleep : 1787-90 -- Epilogue : April 17, 1990