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Benjamin Franklin : an American life

Summary: Chronicles the founding father's life and his multiple careers as a shopkeeper, writer, inventor, media baron, scientist, diplomat, business strategist, and political leader, while showing how his faith in the wisdom of the common citizen helped forge an American national identity based on the virtues of its middle class.

Record details

ISBN: 074325807X (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780743258074 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xii, 586 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster pbk. ed.
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, c2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	"Sources and abbreviations": p. [510]-514.
Formatted Contents Note:	Chapter 1 Benjamin Franklin and the Invention of America 1 -- Chapter 2 Pilgrim's Progress: Boston, 1706-1723 5 -- Chapter 3 Journeyman: Philadelphia and London, 1723-1726 36 -- Chapter 4 Printer: Philadelphia, 1726-1732 52 -- Chapter 5 Public Citizen: Philadelphia, 1731-1748 102 -- Chapter 6 Scientist and Inventor: Philadelphia, 1744-1751 129 -- Chapter 7 Politician: Philadelphia, 1749-1756 146 -- Chapter 8 Troubled Waters: London, 1757-1762 175 -- Chapter 9 Home Leave: Philadelphia, 1763-1764 206 -- Chapter 10 Agent Provocateur: London, 1765-1770 219 -- Chapter 11 Rebel: London, 1771-1775 252 -- Chapter 12 Independence: Philadelphia, 1775-1776 290 -- Chapter 13 Courtier: Paris, 1776-1778 325 -- Chapter 14 Bon Vivant: Paris, 1778-1785 350 -- Chapter 15 Peacemaker: Paris, 1778-1785 382 -- Chapter 16 Sage: Philadelphia, 1785-1790 436.