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1 online resource (ix, 186 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-179) and index. |
| Contents |
Silence Dogood, 1722-1723 -- Paragraphs in Philadelphia, 1729-1735 -- Philadelphia's Poor Richard, 1733-1748 -- Philadelphia comic relief, 1748-1757 -- Making friends overseas, 1757-1774 -- Losing London, 1773-1776 -- Seducing Paris, 1776-1782 -- Comic release, 1783-1785 -- Revising past and future, 1786-1790. |
| Summary |
Humor is sometimes a serious business, especially the humor of Benjamin Franklin, a master at revealing the human condition through comedy. For the country's bicentennial, Reader's Digest named Franklin "Man of the Year" for embodying the characteristics we admire most about ourselves as Americans-humor, irony, energy, and fresh insight. Recreating Franklin's words in the way that his contemporaries would have read and understood them, Paul M. Zall chronicles Franklin's use (and abuse) of humor for commercial, diplomatic, and political purposes. Dedicated to the uniquely appealing and endurin. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Language.
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. |
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Literary style.
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Literary style. |
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Quotations.
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Quotations.
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
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Franklin, Benjamin. |
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American wit and humor.
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American wit and humor. |
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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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Electronic books.
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Quotations.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Zall, Paul M. Benjamin Franklin's humor. Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2005 0813123712 (DLC) 2005018025 (OCoLC)60776681 |
| ISBN |
0813171865 (electronic book) |
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9780813171869 (electronic book) |
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9780813138176 (electronic book) |
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0813138175 (electronic book) |
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128323291X |
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9781283232913 |
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0813123712 (alkaline paper) |
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9780813123714 (alkaline paper) |
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