Format:
Online-Ressource (568 p)
ISBN:
9780812238549
Content:
Representing a lifetime of research by the dean of Franklin scholars, this seven-volume biography will give enthusiasts and scholars an important resource for understanding Benjamin Franklin's character and place in American history. This first volume chronicles the early years of Franklin, from his birth to his marriage in 1730.
Content:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Part I: Boston: Youth, 1706-1723 -- Prologue: Quandary -- One: Boston -- Two: Child to Adolescent -- Three: Printer's Devil -- Four: Massachusetts Controversies, 1716-1723 -- Five: Nathaniel Gardner and the Couranteers -- Six: James Franklin: America's First Newspaperman -- Seven: Silence Dogood in Context -- Eight: ''Saucy and Provoking'': Franklin Takes Charge -- Nine: Assessing Franklin as a Youth, to Age Seventeen -- Part II: Adrift: Age Seventeen to Twenty-four, 1723-1730 -- Ten: The Runaway -- Eleven: The Water American: London Escapades -- Twelve: At Sea, 1726 -- Thirteen: Merchant to Master Printer, 1726-1728 -- Fourteen: The Junto -- Fifteen: Business, 1728-1730, and ''Articles of Religion'' -- Sixteen: The Busy-Body -- Seventeen: Paper Currency -- Eighteen: Journalist -- Nineteen: Assessing Franklin, Age Seventeen to Twenty-four -- Appendix: New Attributions -- Sources and Documentation -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
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Description based upon print version of record
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""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Part I: Boston: Youth, 1706-1723""; ""Prologue: Quandary""; ""One: Boston""; ""Two: Child to Adolescent""; ""Three: Printer's Devil""; ""Four: Massachusetts Controversies, 1716-1723""; ""Five: Nathaniel Gardner and the Couranteers""; ""Six: James Franklin: America's First Newspaperman""; ""Seven: Silence Dogood in Context""; ""Eight: ''Saucy and Provoking'': Franklin Takes Charge""; ""Nine: Assessing Franklin as a Youth, to Age Seventeen""; ""Part II: Adrift: Age Seventeen to Twenty-four, 1723-1730""
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""Ten: The Runaway""""Eleven: The Water American: London Escapades""; ""Twelve: At Sea, 1726""; ""Thirteen: Merchant to Master Printer, 1726-1728""; ""Fourteen: The Junto""; ""Fifteen: Business, 1728-1730, and ''Articles of Religion''""; ""Sixteen: The Busy-Body""; ""Seventeen: Paper Currency""; ""Eighteen: Journalist""; ""Nineteen: Assessing Franklin, Age Seventeen to Twenty-four""; ""Appendix: New Attributions""; ""Sources and Documentation""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""
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""O""""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Acknowledgments""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812209112
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812238549
Additional Edition:
Print version Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1 : Journalist, 1706-1730
Language:
English
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