The life of Benjamin Franklin / J.A. Leo Lemay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lemay, J. A. Leo (Joseph A. Leo), 1935-2008.

Contributor:

Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

Franklin, Benjamin.

Statesmen--United States--Biography.

Statesmen.

United States.

Scientists--United States--Biography.

Scientists.

Inventors--United States--Biography.

Inventors.

Printers--United States--Biography.

Printers.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Lemay, J. A. Leo (Joseph A. Leo), 1935- (autograph, 8 Nov. 2005) (donor) (RBC Ref. Coll. copy)

Physical Description:

volumes : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, music ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2006-

Summary:

Volume 2 takes Franklin from his marriage in 1730 to his retirement as a printer at the beginning of 1748, examining the mysteries of the illegitimate William Franklin's birth and mother and Franklin's increasing civic activities--starting the Library Company in Philadelphia in 1731, forming Pennsylvania's first volunteer fire company, and becoming an advocate for a clean Philadelphia environment. J. A. Leo Lemay assesses Franklin's numerous writings, attributing to him for the first time a deistic Indian speech, remarking on his use of the second African American persona in journalism, and analyzing his publishing sensation of 1747, The Speech of Miss Polly Baker. These belletristic works are complemented by Franklin's religious, political, and scientific writings, which he produced prodigiously.

Contents:

v. 1. Journalist, 1706-1730

v. 2. Printer and publisher, 1730-1747

v. 3. Soldier, scientist, and politician, 1748-1757

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

Author's signature on t.p. of Libra copy.

ISBN:

0812238540

0812238559

OCLC:

57002693