BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: AN AMERICAN LIFE
Written by Walter Isaacson
Published by Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
in 2004
ISBN: 074325807X
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- BIOGRAPHY
- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
- POLITICS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: AN AMERICAN LIFE
Written by Walter Isaacson.
Stock no. 1831203
Circa.
2004.
Softcover.
Almost very good condition.
This biographical work details the life and times of prominent U.S. statesman and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. Pictorial cardwraps. A few colour & b/w illustrations. xii and 586 pages including index. ISBN: 074325807X. Cover edges rubbed and worn, rear cover a little scuffed. Spine is a little concave. Text block grubby. Contents clean.
Front cover
Contents
- CHAPTER ONE
- Benjamin Franklin and the Invention of America
- CHAPTER TWO
- Pilgrim's Progress: Boston, 1706-1723
- CHAPTER THREE
- Journeyman: Philadelphia and London, 1723-1726
- CHAPTER FOUR
- Printer: Philadelphia, 1726-1732
- CHAPTER FIVE
- Public Citizen: Philadelphia, 1731-1748
- CHAPTER SIX
- Scientist and Inventor: Philadelphia, 1744-1751
- CHAPTER SEVEN
- Politician: Philadelphia, 1749-1756
- CHAPTER EIGHT
- Troubled Waters: London, 1757-1762
- CHAPTER NINE
- Home Leave: Philadelphia, 1763-1764
- CHAPTER TEN
- Agent Provocateur: London, 1765-1770
- CHAPTER ELEVEN
- Rebel: London, 1771-1775
- CHAPTER TWELVE
- Independence: Philadelphia, 1775-1776
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN
- Courtier: Paris, 1776-1778
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN
- Bon Vivant: Paris, 1778-1785
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN
- Peacemaker: Paris, 1778-1785
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN
- Sage: Philadelphia, 1785-1790
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
- Epilogue
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
- Conclusions
- Cast of Characters
- Chronology
- Currency Conversions
- Acknowledgements
- Sources and Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index