Benjamin Franklin : Inventing America.
Gaustad, Edwin S.
Benjamin Franklin : Inventing America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (145 pages) - Oxford Portraits Series . - Oxford Portraits Series .
Intro -- CONTENTS -- PROLOGUE -- 1 THE IMPROPER BOSTONIAN -- Hooped Petticoats and the Folly of Fashion -- 2 B. FRANKLIN, PRINTER -- Franklin in Training-for Virtue -- 3 DOCTOR FRANKLIN -- Solving the Mystery of Lightning and Thunder -- 4 PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS -- Can the American Colonies Possibly Unite? -- 5 THE ROAD TO SEPARATION -- Franklin Tries to Sway Public Opinion in London -- 6 WAR AND PEACE -- B. Franklin on J. Adams -- 7 NEW NATION AND AGED PATRIACH -- Franklin Lobbies Against Slavery and the Slave Trade -- CHRONOLOGY -- FURTHER READING AND WEBSITES -- HISTORIC SITES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
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.
9780198035756
Franklin, Benjamin,-1706-1790-Juvenile literature.
Statesmen-United States-Biography-Juvenile literature.
Scientists-United States-Biography-Juvenile literature.
Electronic books.
E302.6.F8 .G387 2004
973.3092
Benjamin Franklin : Inventing America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (145 pages) - Oxford Portraits Series . - Oxford Portraits Series .
Intro -- CONTENTS -- PROLOGUE -- 1 THE IMPROPER BOSTONIAN -- Hooped Petticoats and the Folly of Fashion -- 2 B. FRANKLIN, PRINTER -- Franklin in Training-for Virtue -- 3 DOCTOR FRANKLIN -- Solving the Mystery of Lightning and Thunder -- 4 PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS -- Can the American Colonies Possibly Unite? -- 5 THE ROAD TO SEPARATION -- Franklin Tries to Sway Public Opinion in London -- 6 WAR AND PEACE -- B. Franklin on J. Adams -- 7 NEW NATION AND AGED PATRIACH -- Franklin Lobbies Against Slavery and the Slave Trade -- CHRONOLOGY -- FURTHER READING AND WEBSITES -- HISTORIC SITES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
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.
9780198035756
Franklin, Benjamin,-1706-1790-Juvenile literature.
Statesmen-United States-Biography-Juvenile literature.
Scientists-United States-Biography-Juvenile literature.
Electronic books.
E302.6.F8 .G387 2004
973.3092