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Benjamin Franklin : in search of a better world
Examines the many facets of America's most extraordinary founding father. Politician, diplomat, scientist, printer, and civic improver, Franklin influenced every aspect of American life, from his own time to the present. This book, designed to accompany the traveling Benjamin Franklin Tercenten...
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Benjamin Franklin : |b in search of a better world |c Page Talbott, editor ; Richard S. Dunn and John C. Van Horne, consulting editors ; Walter Isaacson, introduction ; Edmund S. Morgan, afterword ; essays by Ellen R. Cohn .. [et al.] ; photography by Peter Harholdt |
| 260 | |a New Haven : |b Yale University Press, |c c2005. | ||
| 300 | |a xix, 375 p. : |b ill. (chiefly col.) ; |c 29 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-339) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Introduction: What Benjamin Franklin means for our times / |r Walter Isaacson -- |t The life of Benjamin Franklin / |r J. A. Leo Lemay -- |t Benjamin Franklin, printer / |r James N. Green -- |t Benjamin Franklin, civic improver / |r Billy G. Smith -- |t Benjamin Franklin at home / |r Page Talbott -- |t Benjamin Franklin's science / |r E. Philip Krider -- |t Benjamin Franklin, pragmatic visionary : politician, statesman, diplomat / |r Robert Middlekauff -- |t The printer at Passy / |r Ellen R. Cohn -- |t At the end, an abolitionist? by Emma J. Lapsansky-Werner -- |t Afterword: The end of his pragmatism / |r Edmund S. Morgan. |
| 520 | |a Examines the many facets of America's most extraordinary founding father. Politician, diplomat, scientist, printer, and civic improver, Franklin influenced every aspect of American life, from his own time to the present. This book, designed to accompany the traveling Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary exhibition celebrating Franklin's 300th birthday, includes essays by ten prominent scholars that offer an overview of Franklin's life and cover the full range of his interests and achievements, illustrated by more than 265 color images--portraits, manuscripts, drawings, maps, paintings, engravings, and a plethora of Franklin's possessions, from teacups to printing equipment.--From publisher description. | ||
| 590 | |a HSP credit line - Benjamin Frankin Papers (coll. # 215); The General Magazine, 1741 by Ben Franklin; graphic, The Stone Prison in Philadelphia 1728, Litho ca. 1830. | ||
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