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"Here is truly one of the most extraordinary lives imaginable, a man who, with only two years of formal education, became a printer, publisher, postmaster, philosopher, world-class scientist and inventor, statesman, musician, and abolitionist. Gaustad presents a chronological account of all the...

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Main Author: Gaustad, Edwin S. (Edwin Scott)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:Lives and legacies.
Subjects:
Franklin, Benjamin, > 1706-1790.
Franklin, Benjamin, > 1706-1790
Franklin, Benjamin, > (1706-1790) > Biographies.
Statesmen > United States > Biography.
Scientists > United States > Biography.
Inventors > United States > Biography.
Printers > United States > Biography.
Hommes d'État > États-Unis > Biographies.
Scientifiques > États-Unis > Biographies.
Inventeurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Imprimeurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Inventors
Printers
Scientists
Statesmen
United States
Verenigde Staten.
Hommes d'État > États-Unis > 18e siècle > Biographies.
Scientifiques américains > 18e siècle > Biographies.
Inventeurs > États-Unis > 18e siècle > Biographies.
Imprimeurs > États-Unis > 18e siècle > Biographies.
Statesmen > United States > Biography
Scientists > United States > Biography
Inventors > United States > Biography
Printers > United States > Biography
Printers > Biography.
Electronic books.
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The improper Bostonian
  • B. Franklin, printer
  • Doctor Franklin
  • Pennsylvania politics
  • The road to separation
  • War and peace
  • New nation and aged patriarch.