| Description |
1 online resource (143 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Oxford portraits |
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Oxford portraits.
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| Contents |
""CONTENTS""; ""PROLOGUE""; ""1 THE IMPROPER BOSTONIAN""; ""Hooped Petticoats and the Folly of Fashion""; ""2 B. FRANKLIN, PRINTER""; ""Franklin in Training�for Virtue""; ""3 DOCTOR FRANKLIN""; ""Solving the Mystery of Lightning and Thunder""; ""4 PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS""; ""Can the American Colonies Possibly Unite?""; ""5 THE ROAD TO SEPARATION""; ""Franklin Tries to Sway Public Opinion in London""; ""6 WAR AND PEACE""; ""B. Franklin on J. Adams""; ""7 NEW NATION AND AGED PATRIACH""; ""Franklin Lobbies Against Slavery and the Slave Trade""; ""CHRONOLOGY""; ""FURTHER READING AND WEBSITES"" |
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HISTORIC SITESINDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W |
| Summary |
Writer, inventor, diplomat, businessman, musician, scientist, humorist, and civic leader are only a few of the hats Franklin wore. Edwin S. Gaustad presents a balanced account of Franklin's life, emphasizing Franklin's character and personality and quoting extensively from Franklin's own writings |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Juvenile literature
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| SUBJECT |
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 fast |
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Statesmen -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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Scientists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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Printers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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Inventors
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Printers
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Scientists
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Statesmen
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Juvenile works
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
142377406X |
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9781423774068 |
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019515732X |
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9780195157321 |
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