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A biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.

The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin

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This book used to be in a library, so it still has its library binding and a scratched-off barcode.

Minnesota

How Benjamin Franklin and Friends Brought the Enlightenment to America

Benjamin Franklin and his contemporaries brought the Enlightenment to America--an intellectual revolution that laid the foundation for the political one that followed. With the "first Drudgery" of settling the American colonies now well and truly past, Franklin announced in 1743, it was high time that the colonists set about improving the lot of humankind through collaborative inquiry. From Franklin's idea emerged the American Philosophical Society, an association hosted in Philadelphia and dedicated to the harnessing of man's intellectual and creative powers for the common good. The animus behind the Society was and is a disarmingly simple one-that the value of knowledge is directly proportional to its utility. This straightforward idea has left a profound mark on American society and culture and on the very idea of America itself-and through America, on the world as a whole.

From celebrated historian of knowledge Jonathan Lyons comes The Society for Useful Knowledge, telling the story of America's coming-of-age through its historic love affair with practical invention, applied science, and self-reliance. Offering fresh, original portraits of figures like Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Rush, and the inimitable, endlessly inventive Franklin, Lyons gives us vital new perspective on the American founding. He illustrates how the movement for useful knowledge is key to understanding the flow of American society and culture from colonial times to our digital present.

The Society for Useful Knowledge

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David A. Adler

Michigan

Recounts the life of the scientist, inventor, and statesman who wanted to be remembered simply as "B. Franklin, printer."

B. Franklin Printer

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

New York

Franklin's Wit and Wisdom

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Iowa

One of the most popular works of American literature, this charming self-portrait has been translated into nearly every language. It covers Franklin's life up to his prewar stay in London as representative of the Pennsylvania Assembly, including his boyhood years, work as a printer, experiments with electricity, political career, much more.

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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Georgia

From printer's apprentice to internationally famous scientist, inventor, statesman, legislator, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin led a most remarkable life. Seldom is history so well articulated by someone who was there.

H. W. Brands

Colorado

The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin

A biography of America's first Renaissance man discusses Benjamin Franklin's diverse roles as a scientist, businessman, philosopher, writer, inventor, diplomat, politician, wit, and Founding Father.

The First American

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Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares

Arizona

Written initially to guide his son, Benjamin Franklin's autobiography is a lively, spellbinding account of his unique and eventful life, now a classic of world literature that is sure to inspire and delight readers everywhere.

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.

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New Jersey

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Life and letters of Benjamin Franklin

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Massachusetts

The Revolutionary Generation

"Ellis focuses on six discrete moments that exemplify the most crucial issues facing the fragile new nation: Burr and Hamilton's deadly duel, and what may have really happened; Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison's secret dinner, during which the seat of the permanent capital was determined in exchange for passage of Hamilton's financial plan; Franklin's petition to end the "peculiar institution" of slaves - his last public act - and Madison's efforts to quash it; Washington's precedent-setting Farewell Address, announcing his retirement from public office and offering his country some final advice; Adams's difficult term as Washington's successor and his alleged scheme to pass the presidency on to his son; and finally, Adams and Jefferson's renewed correspondence at the end of their lives, in which they compared their different views of the Revolution and its legacy."--BOOK JACKET.

Founding Brothers

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#hardcover #history #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #gordanswood #wood #america #foundingfathers #pulitzerprize This book has a scuff mark on the spine (see photo) interior is immaculate.  Below dust jacket is beautiful (see photos)

Offers a portrait of the complex, often contradictory figure of Benjamin Franklin, a man who was at once the quintessential American and a cosmopolitan lover of Europe, and a one-time loyalist turned revolutionary.

The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin

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Nebraska

The Story if Benjamin Franklin Amazing American

California

Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin 

This is an old book from 1969!
Damage = Worn dust jacket, sun damage
NOTE: The back of the book is about another book from the same publisher, not this listing.

Pennsylvania

An Autobiographical Portrait

Benjamin Franklin

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The Autobiography

Famous as a scientist, statesman, philosopher, businessman, and civic leader, Benjamin Franklin was also one of the most powerful and controversial American writers of his time, and has been a subject of intense debate ever since: to Matthew Arnold, he exemplified "victorious good sense"; to D.H. Lawrence, he was "the first dummy American." Franklin's classic Autobiography is his last word on his greatest literary creation -- his own invented persona, the original incarnation of the American success story. For the first time, the authoritative editions of works by major American novelists, poets, scholars, and essayists collected in the hardcover volumes of The Library of America are being published singly in a series of handsome and durable paperback books. A distinguished author has contributed an introduction for each volume, which also includes a detailed chronology of the author's life and career, an essay on the choice of the text, and notes.

Franklin

#hardcover #middleschool #benjaminfranklin #humorous. Like new hardcover book. Pristine condition, except for a sticker on the back (see picture). 

North Carolina


Dear Mr. Franklin,

First of all, let me just say that this Assignment is Stupid. You are Dead. Why am I writing a letter to Some dead guy I've never even met?

This is the start to a most unlikely pen pal relationship between thirteen-year-old Franklin Isaac Saturday (Ike) and Benjamin Franklin. Before the fateful extra credit assignment that started it all, Ike's life was pretty normal. He was avoiding the popularity contests of middle school, crushing hard on Clare Wanzandae and trying not roll his eyes at his stepfather, Dirk-the-Jerk's lame jokes.

But all that changes when, in a successful effort to make Claire Wanzandae laugh, Ike mails his homework assignment to Ben Franklin and he writes back. Soon, things go awry. After Ike has an embarrassing moment of epic proportions in front of Claire involving a playground, non-alcoholic beer, and a lot of kettle corn, Ike decides he needs to find a way to win Claire back. With some help from his new friend, B-Fizzle, can Ike get the girl and make his mark in history?

Benjamin Franklin: Huge Pain in My...

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Unmarked, uncreased, binding tight- appears unread 

Ohio

The authoritative edition of Franklin's autobiography, with a foreword by the eminent Franklin scholar Edmund S. Morgan

"The best and most beautiful edition [of the Autobiography]."--J. H. Plumb, New York Review of Books
 
"Among the many editions available-read Yale's. Its text is the most reliable (the Franklin papers are at Yale) and its supplementary material is uniformly useful."--Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post
 
A classic of eighteenth-century American history and literature, Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography has had an influence perhaps unequaled by any other book by an American writer. Written ostensibly as a letter to his son William, Franklin's Autobiography offers his reflections on philosophy and religion, politics, war, education, material success, and the status of women.

Prepared by the editors of The Papers of Benjamin Franklin this definitive edition is drawn with scrupulous care from the original manuscript in Franklin's handwriting now in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. The introduction by Leonard W. Labaree places the autobiography in literary and historical contexts. In a new foreword, eminent Franklin scholar Edmund S. Morgan writes about Franklin's dual allegiance as an American and a subject of an English king--and his emergence as a leader of the American Revolution. This edition also includes biographical notes, a chronology of Franklin's life, and an updated bibliography.

Retired classroom book (see sticker in photo). 

Missouri

Here is the story of five little lads before they became five really big Founding Fathers, from New York Times bestselling creator and Caldecott Honor recipient Lane Smith


Once there were four lads . . .
John [Hancock],
Paul [Revere],
George [Washington],
and Ben [Franklin].

Oh yes, there was also Tom [Jefferson], but he was annoyingly independent and hardly ever around. These lads were always getting into trouble for one reason or another. In other words, they took a few . . . liberties. And to be honest, they were not always appreciated. Until one day, they all played a part in securing America's freedom.


"Deftly drawn, witty, and instantly appealing, the illustrations creatively blend period elements such as wood-grain and crackle-glaze texturing, woodcut lines, and formal compositions typical of the era, with gaping mouths and stylized, spiraling eyes typical of modern cartoons," wrote Booklist, and School Library Journal declared, "Exercise your freedom to scoop up this one."

John, Paul, George and Ben

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Florida

A perfect source book for writers, public speakers, and students, this compilation of Franklin's famous aphorisms has been carefully selected from many edtions of "Poor Richard's Almanack."

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James Cross Giblin; Michael Dooling (Illustrator)

The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin

Jonathan Lyons

The Society for Useful Knowledge

David A. Adler

B. Franklin Printer

Benjamin Franklin

Franklin's Wit and Wisdom

Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin; Leonard W. Labaree (Editor); Helen C. Boatfield (Editor); Ralph L. Ketcham (Editor)

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

H. W. Brands

The First American

Frank Murphy

Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

H. W. Brands

The First American

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Life and letters of Benjamin Franklin

Joseph J. Ellis

Founding Brothers

Gordon S. Wood

The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin

Joseph J. Ellis

Founding Brothers

Margaret Davidson

The Story if Benjamin Franklin Amazing American

Robert Byrd

Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin: Huge Pain in My...

Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

H. W. Brands

The First American

Joseph J. Ellis

Founding Brothers

Lane Smith (Illustrator)

John, Paul, George and Ben

Benjamin Franklin

Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack