Author and professor Willard Sterne Randall of Burlington, Vt., was the guest on PROFILE on November 11, 2002.

Host Fran Stoddard talked with Randall about his book, A Little Revenge: Benjamin Franklin at War with His Son, and his appearance on a national PBS special about the founding father.

Willard Sterne Randall and
"Benjamin Franklin" on VPT
Randall is one of the experts featured in "Benjamin Franklin," a two-part special that aired on public television stations, including VPT, in 2002.

Randall appeared several times during the first night of the broadcast, discussing Franklin's years in London, the buildup to the American Revolution and Franklin's estrangement from his loyalist son, William.

Although experts such as Randall appear throughout the PBS special, the program is a "documentary biography," with a lively dramatic format that features a distinguished cast led by Tony Award-winning actor Richard Easton as Franklin.

About Randall
Willard Sterne Randall is a visiting professor of humanities at Champlain College and has been nominated five times for the Pulitzer Prize. Randall's book about Franklin and his son won a Franklin Luther Mott prize for research.

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