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1 online resource (xxxix, 196 pages). |
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polychrome |
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Writers in their own time
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Writers in their own time (University of Iowa Press)
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction; Chronology; Pehr Kalm, [Speaking about Natural History, 1748]; Daniel Fisher, [Extracts from the Diary, 1755]; House of Commons, The Examination of Doctor Benjamin Franklin (1767); Joseph Priestley, [Science, Religion, and Politics in London, 1769, 1795, 1802]; Josiah Quincy, Jr., [Franklin in London, 1774-1775]; John Adams, [Franklin as a Congressman and a Diplomat, 1775-1778]; Abigail Adams, [Franklin in Boston and Paris, 1775 and 1784]; Philip Gibbes, [Two Conversations with Benjamin Franklin, 1777-1778]; Arthur Lee, [Extracts from the Journal, 1777]. |
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In his time Benjamin Franklin (1706 & ndash;1790) was the most famous American in the world. Even those personally unacquainted with the man knew him as the author of Poor Richard & rsquo;s Almanack, as a pioneer in the study of electricity and a major figure in the American Enlightenment, as the creator of such life-changing innovations as the lightning rod and America & rsquo;s first circulating library, and as a leader of the American Revolution. His friends also knew him as a brilliant conversationalist, a great wit, an intellectual filled with curiosity, and most of all a master anecdotist whos. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. |
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Friends and associates.
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Friends and associates. |
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Friends and associates. |
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Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
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Statesmen. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Scientists -- United States -- Biography.
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Scientists. |
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Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
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Inventors. |
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Printers -- United States -- Biography.
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Printers. |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Hayes, Kevin J.
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Bour, Isabelle.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Franklin in his own time. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2011 9781587299827 (DLC) 2010049281 (OCoLC)676727579 |
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1587299836 (electronic book) |
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9781587299834 (electronic book) |
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9781587299827 |
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1587299828 |
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9781587299698 |
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1587299690 |
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1587299704 |
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