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| Named Person: | Benjamin Franklin |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Walter Isaacson |
| ISBN: | 0684807610 9780684807614 0965042634 9780965042635 |
| OCLC Number: | 52090968 |
| Description: | x, 590 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Benjamin Franklin and the invention of America -- Pilgrim's progress: Boston, 1706-1723 -- Journeyman: Philadelphia and London, 1723-1726 -- Printer: Philadelphia, 1726-1732 -- Public citizen: Philadelphia, 1731-1748 -- Scientist and inventor: Philadelphia, 1744-1751 -- Politician: Philadelphia, 1749-1756 -- Troubled waters: London, 1757-1762 -- Home leave: Philadelphia, 1763-1764 -- Agent provocateur: London, 1765-1770 -- Rebel: London, 1771-1775 -- Independence: Philadelphia, 1775-1776 -- Courtier: Paris, 1776-1778 -- Bon vivant: Paris, 1778-1785 -- Peacemaker: Paris, 1778-1785 -- Sage: Philadelphia, 1785-1790 -- Epilogue -- Conclusions -- Cast of characters -- Chronology -- Currency conversions. |
| Responsibility: | Walter Isaacson. |
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Abstract:
Chronicles the founding father's life and his multiple careers as a shopkeeper, writer, inventor, media baron, scientist, diplomat, business strategist, and political leader, while showing how his faith in the wisdom of te common citizen helped to forge an American national identity based on the virtues of its middle class.
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- Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790.
- Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789.
- Scientists -- United States -- Biography.
- Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
- Printers -- United States -- Biography.
- Politici.
- Diplomaten.
- Geleerden.
