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41) Franklin
Author
Pub. Date
c1976
Description
Benjamin Franklin has as good a claim as anyone to be called the first real American. He was the nation's first tycoon and its first recognized spokesman abroad. When it came time to quit, however, he left the world stage to pursue his own interests without the least regret. What kind of man was this? This sharply insightful biography teaches us as much about Franklin as it does about our nation's history.
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Description
Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Schiff tells how Benjamin Franklin--seventy years old, without any diplomatic training, and possessed of the most rudimentary French--convinced France, an absolute monarchy, to underwrite America's experiment in democracy. When Franklin stepped onto French soil, he well understood he was embarking on the greatest gamble of his career. By virtue of fame, charisma, and ingenuity, he outmaneuvered British spies, French...
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Shows how Benjamin Franklin, inventor, writer and scientist, created a puzzle called the magic square to keep from being bored while serving as clerk for the Pennsylvania Assembly. Includes step-by-step instructions for creating your own magic squares.
52) Sons of Liberty
Pub. Date
2015
Description
As unrest sweeps the streets of Boston, rebel leader Samuel Adams and others form a group of men to work for independence from Great Britain.
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Award-winning author Philip Dray delves into the lesser-known side of an American icon in Stealing God's Thunder. Benjamin Franklin, more often viewed as a statesman and founding father than as a man of science, challenged religion, science, and reason with his inventions. But in a time when everything was blamed on sin, it was the lightning rod- Franklin's attempt to control the heavens-that caused the greatest controversy.