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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Milford PL - Milford | 92 Fra (Text) | 72433000094115 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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- ISBN: 9780684807614
- ISBN: 0684807610
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Physical Description:
x, 590 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
print - Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2003]
- Copyright: ©2003
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [513]-566) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Benjamin Franklin and the invention of America -- Pilgrim's progress: Boston, 1706-1723 -- Journeyman: Philadelphia and London, 1723-1726 -- Printer: Philadelphia, 1726-1732 -- Public citizen: Philadelphia, 1731-1748 -- Scientist and inventor: Philadelphia, 1744-1751 -- Politician: Philadelphia, 1749-1756 -- Troubled waters: London, 1757-1762 -- Home leave: Philadelphia, 1763-1764 -- Agent provocateur: London, 1765-1770 -- Rebel: London, 1771-1775 -- Independence: Philadelphia, 1775-1776 -- Courtier: Paris, 1776-1778 -- Bon vivant: Paris, 1778-1785 -- Peacemaker: Paris, 1778-1785 -- Sage: Philadelphia, 1785-1790 -- Epilogue -- Conclusions -- Cast of characters -- Chronology -- Currency conversions. |
| Summary, etc.: | 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 to forge an American national identity based on the virtues of its middle class. |
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