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Author
Publisher
National Geographic Partners
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of the Founding Fathers famous quotes as culled from Poor Richards Almanack, his personal letters and other writings, and offers advice on subjects ranging from good citizenship and manners to friendship and happiness.
3) Writings
Author
Series
The Library of America volume 37
Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
4) Ben Franklin: America's original entrepreneur : Franklin's autobiography adapted for modern times
Author
Publisher
Entrepreneur Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Few men could compare to Benjamin Franklin. Virtually self-taught, he excelled as an athlete, a man of letters, a printer, a scientist, a wit, an inventor, an editor, and a writer, and he was probably the most successful diplomat in American history. David Hume hailed him as the first great philosopher and great man of letters in the New World. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is one of the most important and influential works in American history....
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 32
Language
English
Description
Jack and Annie know all about Ben Franklin. He was a Founding Father, a journalist, and a famous inventor! When the magic tree house whisks them back to meet the man himself, they're not sure what their mission is. But Ben Franklin has a mission of his own. Intrigued by Jack and Annie, he's curious to learn more about where they came from. And very curious about their tree house. . . . -- from Amazon.
Author
Series
Benjamin Franklinstein volume 2
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Victor and his friends, aided by Benjamin Franklin, uncover an evil scheme involving giant bats and two mysterious brothers, and learn more about the secretive Modern Order of Prometheus.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In this light, whimsical narrative, young readers learn how Franklin came to be a rebel, beginning with his childhood lesson in street smarts when he buys a whistle at an inflated price. Franklin is a defiant boy who runs away from his apprenticeship, and while he becomes a deep thinker, a brilliant scientist, and a persuasive writer when he grows up, he never loses that spark. As a community leader who tries his best to promote peace and unity both...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow & Co
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The bastard son of Benjamin Franklin, William Franklin, is named the new Royal Governor of New Jersey, but all he has achieved is threatened when the colonies, led by influential figures including his own father, begin the fight for independence -- a cause he refuses to support.
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"Poor Richard's women describes Deborah's common-law marriage to Ben Franklin and his romances with other women"--
Benjamin Franklin: thrifty inventor, statesman of the Revolutionary era... lover of women. The most prominent among them was Deborah Read Franklin, his common-law wife and partner for 44 years. An independent, politically savvy woman and devoted wife, she raised their children, managed his finances, and fought off angry mobs at gunpoint...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
"Renowned as a printer, scientist, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin also published more works on religious topics than any other eighteenth-century American layperson. Born to Boston Puritans, by his teenage years Franklin had abandoned the exclusive Christian faith of his family and embraced deism. But Franklin, as a man of faith, was far more complex than the "thorough" deist who emerges in his autobiography. As Thomas Kidd reveals, deist writers...
Author
Series
History pals volume 1
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Nolan and his little sister, Olive, find Ben Franklin in their kitchen, they do their best to guide Ben through the new world he helped form.
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