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Representing a lifetime of research by the dean of Franklin scholars, this seven-volume biography will give enthusiasts and scholars an important resource for understanding Benjamin Franklin's character and place in American history. This first volume chronicles the early years of Franklin, fro...
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2006] ©2006 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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The life of benjamin franklin;
Volume 1 |
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| Summary: |
Representing a lifetime of research by the dean of Franklin scholars, this seven-volume biography will give enthusiasts and scholars an important resource for understanding Benjamin Franklin's character and place in American history. This first volume chronicles the early years of Franklin, from his birth to his marriage in 1730. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (568 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | 41 illus. |
| ISBN: | 9780812209112 |
| Index Number: | E302 |
| CLC: | K837.127 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Prologue. Quandary -- One. Boston -- Two. Child to Adolescent -- Three. Printer s Devil -- Four. Massachusetts Controversies, 1716 1723 -- Five. Nathaniel Gardner and the Couranteers -- Six. James Franklin: America s First Newspaperman -- Seven. Silence Dogood in Context -- Eight. Saucy and Provoking : Franklin Takes Charge -- Nine. Assessing Franklin as a Youth, to Age Seventeen -- Ten. The Runaway -- Eleven. The Water American: London Escapades -- Twelve. At Sea, 1726 -- Thirteen. Merchant to Master Printer, 1726 1728 -- Fourteen. The Junto -- Fifteen. Business, 1728 1730, and Articles of Religion -- Sixteen. The Busy-Body -- Seventeen. Paper Currency -- Eighteen. Journalist -- Nineteen. Assessing Franklin, Age Seventeen to Twenty-four -- Appendix: New Attributions -- Sources and Documentation -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |