02659nam 2200613 450 991045751540332120211005010851.00-19-803575-61-4237-7406-X1-60256-781-6(CKB)1000000000363024(EBL)279521(OCoLC)171572697(SSID)ssj0000110299(PQKBManifestationID)12026453(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110299(PQKBWorkID)10060089(PQKB)11532949(MiAaPQ)EBC5763684(MiAaPQ)EBC279521(Au-PeEL)EBL279521(EXLCZ)99100000000036302420190524d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBenjamin Franklin inventing America /Edwin S. GaustadOxford :Oxford University Press,[2004]©20041 online resource (144 p.)Oxford PortraitsDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-515732-X Includes bibliographical references and index.""CONTENTS""; ""PROLOGUE""; ""1 THE IMPROPER BOSTONIAN""; ""Hooped Petticoats and the Folly of Fashion""; ""2 B. FRANKLIN, PRINTER""; ""Franklin in Trainingâ€?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""Describes the life and notable accomplishments of Ben Franklin, eighteenth-century American printer, statesman, writer, and inventor.Oxford portraits.StatesmenUnited StatesBiographyJuvenile literatureScientistsUnited StatesBiographyJuvenile literatureElectronic books.StatesmenScientists973.3092Gaustad Edwin S.775189MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457515403321Benjamin Franklin2488452UNINA