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Benjamin Franklin and the invention of America: an American life

By Walter , Franklin , Benjamin;Isaacson

Book information

Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Year
2003
ISBN
0684807610, 074325807X, 9780684807614
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
5 MB (5076859 bytes)
Pages
590 pages : color illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

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. ContentsChapter OneBenjamin Franklin and the Invention of AmericaChapter TwoPilgrim's Progress: Boston, 1706-1723Chapter ThreeJourneyman: Philadelphia and London, 1723-1726Chapter FourPrinter: Philadelphia, 1726-1732Chapter FivePublic Citizen: Philadelphia, 1731-1748Chapter SixScientist and Inventor: Philadelphia, 1744-1751Chapter SevenPolitician: Philadelphia, 1749-1756Chapter EightTroubled Waters: London, 1757-1762Chapter NineHome Leave: Philadelphia, 1763-1764Chapter TenAgent Provocateur: London, 1765-1770Chapter ElevenRebel: London, 1771-1775Chapter TwelveIndependence: Philadelphia, 1775-1776Chapter ThirteenCourtier: Paris, 1776-1778Chapter FourteenBon Vivant: Paris, 1778-1785Chapter FifteenPeacemaker: Paris, 1778-1785Chapter SixteenSage: Philadelphia, 1785-1790Chapter SeventeenEpilogueChapter EighteenConclusionsCast of CharactersChronologyCurrency ConversionsAcknowledgmentsSources and AbbreviationsNotesIndex

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