The title of your book says that he had a divisive death. What was divisive about his demise? Half of the country didn't seem to mourn him that much. Our own congress, who they met in New York City a few days after his death, were really divided on how they should show their respects to this person. And so I was surprised to find two. No state funeral for Benjamin Franklin. That still just flabbergasts me.

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