Benjamin Franklin : inventing America

Benjamin Franklin : inventing America /

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...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Gaustad, Edwin S. (Edwin Scott)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004
Series:Oxford portraits.
Subjects:
Franklin, Benjamin, > 1706-1790 > Juvenile literature.
Statesmen > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Scientists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Inventors > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Printers > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • ""CONTENTS""; ""PROLOGUE""; ""1 THE IMPROPER BOSTONIAN""; ""Hooped Petticoats and the Folly of Fashion""; ""2 B. FRANKLIN, PRINTER""; ""Franklin in Trainingâ€?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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