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Undaunted mind : the intellectual life of Benjamin Franklin / Kevin J. Hayes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hayes, Kevin J., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Books and reading.
- Franklin, Benjamin.
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Friends and associates.
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Societies, etc.
- Associations, institutions, etc--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--18th century.
- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Intellectual life--18th century.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Genre:
- Biographies
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (601 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- 'Undaunted Mind' tells the story of the development of Benjamin Franklin's intellect beginning with the earliest books he read as a child in Boston, his formal schooling and independent study, through his time in London, Paris, and Philadelphia, where he established himself as one of America's leading intellectuals and philanthropists. The story of Franklin's intellectual life is also the story of the friends he made in various stages of his life, so this book illuminates his circles of illustrious friends who encouraged his reading, his community improvement projects, and his scientific research.
- Contents:
- Cover
- UNDAUNTED MIND: The Intellectual Life of Benjamin Franklin
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue: Circles of the Mind
- 1: Small Chapmen's Books
- 2: Joyful Schooldays
- 3: Reading by Candlelight
- 4: The Clan of Honest Wags
- 5: The Courant Library
- 6: Reader on the Road
- 7: The Lair of the Green Dragon
- 8: What Franklin Read in London
- 9: Sailing Home with Memories of London
- 10: The Junto
- 11: Richard Lewis and the News
- 12: The Library Company of Philadelphia
- 13: How to Make an Almanac
- 14: Science
- 15: The Philadelphia Academy
- 16: The Northwest Passage
- 17: The Art of War
- 18: An American Intellectual in London
- 19: The Call for Racial Tolerance
- 20: Travels in a Time of Strife
- 21: The Emblems That Made America
- 22: Solon and Sophocles
- 23: The Mystery of the Book Lists
- 24: Franklin Court
- Sources
- Notes
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Acknowledgments
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 25, 2025).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-755429-6
- 0-19-755427-X
- 0-19-755428-8
- OCLC:
- 1501596588
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