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A Benjamin Franklin Reader

A Benjamin Franklin Reader

Benjamin Franklin

A companion volume to Benjamin Franklin: An American Life presents a definitive version of Franklin's Autobiography along with a selection of some of his most important writings, including "The Art of Conversation" and "Rules for Promoting ...
Benjamin Franklin: The Autobiography and Other Writings

Benjamin Franklin: The Autobiography and Other Writings

Benjamin Franklin

Through Benjamin Franklin's own words, these writings present remarkable insight into the man and his accomplishments as a writer, publisher, scientist, inventor, diplomat, and politician.
Stirring the Pot with Benjamin Franklin: A Founding Father's ...

Stirring the Pot with Benjamin Franklin: A Founding Father's ...

Rae Katherine Eighmey

Stirring the Pot with Benjamin Franklin conveys all of Franklin's culinary adventures, demonstrating how Franklin's love of food shaped not only his life, but also the character of the young nation he helped build.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Kazam Butur

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, which Franklin himself called his Memoirs, is the unfinished record of his life written between 1771 and 1790.
A Benjamin Franklin Reader

A Benjamin Franklin Reader

Walter Isaacson

Selected and annotated by the author of the acclaimed Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, this collection of Franklin’s writings shows why he was the bestselling author of his day and remains America’s favorite founder and wit.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

One of the most popular works of American literature, this charming self-portrait has been translated into nearly every language.
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

Walter Isaacson

Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of flesh rather than marble.
To the Battles of Franklin and Nashville and Beyond: ...

To the Battles of Franklin and Nashville and Beyond: ...

Benjamin Franklin Cooling

Stabilization and Reconstruction in Tennessee and Kentucky, 1864–1866 Benjamin Franklin Cooling. Chapter. 9. R. Nashville's. Anvil. and. Hammer. Franklin's tragedy provided the anvil for which the hammer of Nashville administered the ...
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

T. M. Usel

A biography of Benjamin Franklin, a founding father of the United States plus an inventor and scientist best known for his work with lightning and electricity, along with inventing the bifocal glasses.
Fart Proudly: Writings of Benjamin Franklin You Never Read ...

Fart Proudly: Writings of Benjamin Franklin You Never Read ...

Benjamin Franklin

Reminding us of the humorous, irreverent side of this American icon, these essays endure as both hilarious satire and a timely reminder of the importance of a free press.
Benjamin Franklin Book of Recipes

Benjamin Franklin Book of Recipes

Hilaire Dubourcq

This is a collection of recipes from the time of Benjamin Franklin, complemented by anecdotes about his extraordinary life in Boston and Philadelphia, London and Paris.
Benjamin Franklin: Scientist and Statesman

Benjamin Franklin: Scientist and Statesman

Brenda Haugen

A biography profiling the life of Benjamin Franklin and his leadership as a politician, scientist, inventor, and printer. Includes source notes and timeline.
Letters from France: The Private Diplomatic Correspondence ...

Letters from France: The Private Diplomatic Correspondence ...

Benjamin Franklin

Woods brings together a unique and perceptive collection of documents that not only offer a rare glimpse into the complex mind of Benjamin Franklin the diplomat, but also provide new insights into the French-American alliance against the ...
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

Walter Isaacson

Presents a portrait of Benjamin Franklin as a scientist, inventor, diplomat, writer, business strategist, and statesman while tracing his life as one of America's Founding Fathers.
Benjamin Franklin and the American Revolution

Benjamin Franklin and the American Revolution

Jonathan R. Dull

Jonathan R. Dull, whose decades of work on The Papers of Benjamin Franklin have given him rare insight into his subject, explains Franklin's role in the Revolution, what prepared him for that role, an.
Benjamin Franklin: Biographical Overview and Bibliography

Benjamin Franklin: Biographical Overview and Bibliography

Christopher J. Murrey

This book presents a detailed and riveting review of Franklin's life based on excerpts from the renowned 1899 book on Franklin by Sydney George Fisher.
American Book Publishing Record

American Book Publishing Record

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USEL, T. M. 973.3''092 B A photobiography of Benjamin Franklin I T.M. Use!. Mankato. MN : Capstone Press, 1996. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. [E302.6.F8U6 1996] 20 95-46665 ISBN 1- 56045342-6 lib. bdg. : 13.35 1. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790— Juvenile literature. 2. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790— Pictorial works— Juvenile literature. 3. Statesmen — United States— Biography— Juvenile literature. 4. Statesmen— United States— Pictorial works ...
NATL PORTRAIT GALERY/PERM CO

NATL PORTRAIT GALERY/PERM CO

National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)

1868 Published in Pasquino's [J. Fairfax McLaughlin] The American Cyclops, Baltimore, 1868 NPG.80.128.i Benjamin Franklin Butler: Bombastes encountering ye bricklayer Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893 Adalbert John Volck ("V.
Testament to Union: Civil War Monuments in Washington,

Testament to Union: Civil War Monuments in Washington,

Kathryn Allamong Jacob

RG 66, Records of the Commission of Fine Arts, entry 17, Fort Stevens, National Archives, Washington, D.C. Author's conversations with Benjamin Franklin Cooling III, Alexandria, Va., about the Battle of Fort Stevens. Benjamin Franklin Cooling ...
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Edmund Sears Morgan

Draws on Franklin's extensive writings to provide a portrait of the statesman, inventor, and Founding Father.
Benjamin Franklin, Politician

Benjamin Franklin, Politician

Francis Jennings

Provides a new view of the beginnings of the American Revolution in Franklin's struggle against Thomas Penn's feudal lordship
Franklin: The Essential Founding Father

Franklin: The Essential Founding Father

James Srodes

Historian and biographer James Srodes tells Benjamin Franklin's incredible life story, making full use of the previously neglected Franklin papers to provide the most riveting account yet of the journalist, scientist, polilician, and ...
Mr. Lincoln's Forts: A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of ...

Mr. Lincoln's Forts: A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of ...

Benjamin Franklin Cooling III

A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington Benjamin Franklin Cooling III, Walton H. Owen II. Published by Scarecrow Press, Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, ...
Benjamin Franklin's science

Benjamin Franklin's science

I. Bernard Cohen

This volume will be valuable to all readers wanting to learn more about Franklin and to gain a deeper appreciation of the development of science in America.
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, ...

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, ...

National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)

1868 Published in Pasquino's [J. Fairfax McLaughlin] The American Cyclops, Baltimore, 1868 NPG.80.128.i b Benjamin Franklin Butler: Bombastes encountering ye bricklayer Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893 Adalbert John Volck ("V.
Benjamin Franklin: Early American Genius

Benjamin Franklin: Early American Genius

Maya Glass

Describes the life and notable accomplishments of Ben Franklin, eighteenth-century American printer, statesman, writer, and inventor.

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