Benjamin Franklin : an American life / Walter Isaacson.
Publication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2003.Description: xii, 586 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmISBN:- 0684807610
- 9780684807614
- 0965042634
- 9780965042635
- 074325807X
- 9780743258074
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- 1775-1789
- Politics and government
- Celebrities
- Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
- Scientists -- United States -- Biography
- Inventors -- United States -- Biography
- Printers -- United States -- Biography
- Inventors -- United States -- Biography
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789
- 973.3092 B 21
- E302.6.F8 I83 2003
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 973.309 ISA | Available | 072332 |
Formerly CIP. Uk.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Benjamin Franklin and the Invention of America -- Ch. 2. Pilgrim's Progress: Boston, 1706-1723 -- Ch. 3. Journeyman: Philadelphia and London, 1723-1726 -- Ch. 4. Printer: Philadelphia, 1726-1732 -- Ch. 5. Public Citizen: Philadelphia, 1731-1748 -- Ch. 6. Scientist and Inventor: Philadelphia, 1744-1751 -- Ch. 7. Politician: Philadelphia, 1749-1756 -- Ch. 8. Troubled Waters: London, 1757-1762 -- Ch. 9. Home Leave: Philadelphia, 1763-1764 -- Ch. 10. Agent Provocateur: London, 1765-1770 -- Ch. 11. Rebel: London, 1771-1775 -- Ch. 12. Independence: Philadelphia, 1775-1776 -- Ch. 13. Courtier: Paris, 1776-1778 -- Ch. 14. Bon Vivant: Paris, 1778-1785 -- Ch. 15. Peacemaker: Paris, 1778-1785 -- Ch. 16. Sage: Philadelphia, 1785-1790 -- Ch. 17. Epilogue -- Ch. 18. Conclusions.
"Isaacson provides the full sweep of Benjamin Franklin's amazing life, from his days as a runaway printer to his triumphs as a statesman, scientist, and Founding Father. He chronicles Franklin's tumultuous relationship with his illegitimate son and grandson, his practical marriage, and his flirtations with the ladies of Paris. He also shows how Franklin helped to create the American character and why he has a particular resonance in the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET.