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9780195157321

Benjamin Franklin Inventing America

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  • ISBN13:

    9780195157321

  • ISBN10:

    019515732X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-09-16
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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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.

Table of Contents

Prologue 6(3)
The Improper Bostonian
9(10)
Hooped Petticoats and the Folly of Fashion
17(2)
B. Franklin, Printer
19(20)
Franklin in Training---for Virtue
30(9)
Doctor Franklin
39(18)
Solving the Mystery of Lightning and Thunder
45(12)
Pennsylvania Politics
57(20)
Can the American Colonies Possibly Unite?
66(11)
The Road to Separation
77(18)
Franklin Tries to Sway Public Opinion in London
84(11)
War and Peace
95(22)
B. Franklin on J. Adams
111(6)
New Nation and Aged Patriach
117(14)
Franklin Lobbies Against Slavery and the Slave Trade
123(8)
Chronology 131(3)
Further Reading and Websites 134(3)
Historic Sites 137(2)
Index 139

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