Benjamin Franklin : inventing America / Edwin S. Gaustad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaustad, Edwin S., author.

Series:

Oxford portraits.

Oxford Portraits

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Juvenile literature.

Franklin, Benjamin.

Statesmen--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Statesmen.

Scientists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Scientists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2004]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Describes the life and notable accomplishments of Ben Franklin, eighteenth-century American printer, statesman, writer, and inventor.

Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""PROLOGUE""; ""1 THE IMPROPER BOSTONIAN""; ""Hooped Petticoats and the Folly of Fashion""; ""2 B. FRANKLIN, PRINTER""; ""Franklin in Training�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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-803575-6

1-4237-7406-X

1-60256-781-6

OCLC:

171572697