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Not your usual founding father selected readings from Benjamin Franklin
Title
Not your usual founding father [electronic resource] : selected readings from Benjamin Franklin / edited by Edmund S. Morgan.
ISBN
0300135017
128173456X
9780300135015
9781281734563
0300113943
9780300113945
Published
New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, ©2006.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 303 pages) : illustrations, map
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Includes index.
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Presents a comprehensive collection of lesser-known writings of founding father Benjamin Franklin including journal entries and letters that express his personal views, habits, discoveries, and political thoughts.
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EBSCOhost eBook collection, Yale University Press.
Other formats
Print version: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Not your usual founding father. New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, ©2006
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2019
Contents
1. The young man and the old man
2. Friendship and flirtation
3. The uses of laughter
4. Religion
5. Sickness and health
6. Wind, weather, and air
7. Ships and the sea
8. Electric fire
9. Geology and cosmology
10. The colonies and the empire
11. Ethnic pride and prejudice
12. Join or die
13. The vision challenged
14. The empire at risk
15. Independence
16. Poor Richard's diplomacy
17. A huckstered peace
18. The pretensions of wealth
19. America.
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Genre/Form
Archives.
Personal correspondence.
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