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Not your usual founding father [electronic resource] : selected readings from Benjamin Franklin / edited by Edmund S. Morgan.
Presents a comprehensive collection of lesser-known writings of founding father Benjamin Franklin including journal entries and letters that express his personal views, habits, discoveries, and political thoughts.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780300135015 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0300135017 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 303 p.) : ill., map.
- Publisher: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2006.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString:apr.13 Multi-User. CatBulkString:apr.11.13 Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1. The young man and the old man -- 2. Friendship and flirtation -- 3. The uses of laughter -- 4. Religion -- 5. Sickness and health -- 6. Wind, weather, and air -- 7. Ships and the sea -- 8. Electric fire -- 9. Geology and cosmology -- 10. The colonies and the empire -- 11. Ethnic pride and prejudice -- 12. Join or die -- 13. The vision challenged -- 14. The empire at risk -- 15. Independence -- 16. Poor Richard's diplomacy -- 17. A huckstered peace -- 18. The pretensions of wealth -- 19. America. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Restrictions unspecified |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. |
| System Details Note: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 |
| Action Note: | digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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