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Benjamin Franklin : in search of a better world / - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005. - xix, 375 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-339) and index.

Introduction: What Benjamin Franklin means for our times / The life of Benjamin Franklin / Benjamin Franklin, printer / Benjamin Franklin, civic improver / Benjamin Franklin at home / Benjamin Franklin's science / Benjamin Franklin, pragmatic visionary : politician, statesman, diplomat / The printer at Passy / At the end, an abolitionist? by Emma J. Lapsansky-Werner -- Afterword: The end of his pragmatism / Walter Isaacson -- J. A. Leo Lemay -- James N. Green -- Billy G. Smith -- Page Talbott -- E. Philip Krider -- Robert Middlekauff -- Ellen R. Cohn -- Edmund S. Morgan.

Examines the many facets of America's most extraordinary founding father. Politician, diplomat, scientist, printer, and civic improver, Franklin influenced every aspect of American life, from his own time to the present. This book, designed to accompany the traveling Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary exhibition celebrating Franklin's 300th birthday, includes essays by ten prominent scholars that offer an overview of Franklin's life and cover the full range of his interests and achievements, illustrated by more than 265 color images--portraits, manuscripts, drawings, maps, paintings, engravings, and a plethora of Franklin's possessions, from teacups to printing equipment.--From publisher description.

ISBN: 0300107994 (alk. paper)

Standard No.: 9780300107999 (alk. paper) 54000

LCCN: 2005005185

Subjects--Personal Names:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 --Exhibitions.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 --Anniversaries, etc.--Exhibitions.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Statesmen--United States--Exhibitions.
Scientists--United States--Exhibitions.
Inventors--United States--Exhibitions.
Printers--United States--Exhibitions.

Dewey Class. No.: 973.3/092