Franklin in his own time : a biographical chronicle of his life, drawn from recollections, interviews, and memoirs by family, friends, and associates / edited by Kevin J. Hayes and Isabelle Bour.

In his time Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was the most famous American in the world. Even those personally unacquainted with the man knew him as the author of Poor Richard's Almanack, as a pioneer in the study of electricity and a major figure in the American Enlightenment, as the creator of su...

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Other Authors: Hayes, Kevin J., Bour, Isabelle
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2011.
Series:Writers in their own time (University of Iowa Press)
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