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245 0 0 _aBenjamin Franklin :
_bin search of a better world /
260 _aNew Haven :
_bYale University Press,
_cc2005.
300 _axix, 375 p. :
_bill. (chiefly col.) ;
_c29 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 335-339) and index.
505 0 0 _tIntroduction: What Benjamin Franklin means for our times /
_rWalter Isaacson --
_tThe life of Benjamin Franklin /
_rJ. A. Leo Lemay --
_tBenjamin Franklin, printer /
_rJames N. Green --
_tBenjamin Franklin, civic improver /
_rBilly G. Smith --
_tBenjamin Franklin at home /
_rPage Talbott --
_tBenjamin Franklin's science /
_rE. Philip Krider --
_tBenjamin Franklin, pragmatic visionary : politician, statesman, diplomat /
_rRobert Middlekauff --
_tThe printer at Passy /
_rEllen R. Cohn --
_tAt the end, an abolitionist? by Emma J. Lapsansky-Werner --
_tAfterword: The end of his pragmatism /
_rEdmund S. Morgan.
520 _aExamines 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.
600 1 0 _aFranklin, Benjamin,
_d1706-1790
_vExhibitions.
_910374
600 1 0 _aFranklin, Benjamin,
_d1706-1790
_xAnniversaries, etc.
_vExhibitions.
_910375
650 0 _aStatesmen
_zUnited States
_vExhibitions.
_910376
650 0 _aScientists
_zUnited States
_vExhibitions.
_910377
650 0 _aInventors
_zUnited States
_vExhibitions.
_910378
650 0 _aPrinters
_zUnited States
_vExhibitions.
_910379
700 1 _aTalbott, Page.
_910380
700 1 _aDunn, Richard S.
_910381
700 1 _aVan Horne, John C.
_910382
856 4 1 _zTable of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip058/2005005185.html
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