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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
1939
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Benjamin Franklin astonished the world of his day with his great fund of information, his brilliant decisions, and his fascinating inventions. According to this whimsical classic, Franklin's success, wit and invention were made possible by his closest friend and advisor-Amos mouse. At long last, Amos has taken pen in hand, or paw in this case, to set the record straight. His memoirs provide an entertaining and insightful view of Franklin going about...
Author
Description
" ... Tells the story of Franklin's life from his humble beginnings to his emergence as a leading figure in the American colonies. In the process, it creates a portrait of Franklin as the quintessential American. Because of the book, Franklin became a role model for future generations of Americans, who hoped to emulate his rags-to-riches story. The Autobiography has also become one of the central works not just for understanding Franklin but for understanding...
7) Franklin
Author
Publisher
Konecky & Konecky
Pub. Date
c1976
Description
In this meticulously researched study of Franklin's life down to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, David Freeman Hawke has drawn on the best from the flood of recent scholarly work to present the man in all his complexity. Hawke seeks to present sides of Franklin seldom emphasized in previous works: the visionary, the politician, the electrical experimenter. Throughout the book he constantly poses a single question: What manner of man...
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1999, c1993
Description
One of America's most famous patriots, Benjamin Franklin was more than just a founding father of the country. He was a prolific writer, tradesman, scientist, and philosopher who had major influences in France, England, and America. Franklin made it clear through his works that he believed in both spirituality and science at the same time, and he wrote about how the two ideas can converge. He was quite famous during his life, but his fame lives on...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Shows how Benjamin Franklin, inventor, writer and scientist, created a puzzle called the magic square to keep from being bored while serving as clerk for the Pennsylvania Assembly. Includes step-by-step instructions for creating your own magic squares.
11) Ben and me
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p1994
Description
Benjamin Franklin's companion, Amos the mouse, recounts how he was responsible for Franklin's inventions and discoveries.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Why did Benjamin Franklin retire from business and become gentleman? Why did he admire the British Empire - and join the American Revolution? Why did he begin writing his Autobiography when he did? And how did the "first American" become an American in the first place? Renowned historian Gordon S. Wood spent ten years studying a legend. In this untraditional biography, he penetrates beneath 200 years' accumulation of images and representations to...
14) The Eureka key
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Formats
Description
Sam (a puzzle master) and Martina (a history whiz) become involved in a dangerous quest to find seven keys left behind by Benjamin Franklin and a secret society of descendants, which, when gathered together, unlock a powerful weapon, so the middle schoolers must solve the puzzles, find the artifacts before the bad guy does, and save the nation.
Author
Series
Blast to the past volume 6
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
After Babs convinces Benjamin Franklin to quit before he becomes famous, Abigail and her friends must try to change his mind.
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Benjamin Franklin is perhaps the most remarkable figure in American history: the greatest statesman of his age, he played a pivotal role in the formation of the American republic. He was also a pioneering scientist, a best-selling author, the country's first postmaster general, a printer, a bon vivant, a diplomat, a ladies' man, and a moralist, and the most prominent celebrity of the 18th century. Franklin was, however, a man of vast contradictions,...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2006
Description
"In this biography of America's most brilliant and cosmopolitan Founding Father, Joyce Chaplin considers all of Franklin's work in the sciences. Franklin was the first American whose "genius" for science qualified him as a genius in political affairs. It is only through grasping Franklin's full engagement with the sciences that we can understand this great Founder and the world he shaped."--Jacket.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
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...
Author
Series
Landmark books volume 10
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1981] c1950
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
A biography of the American who became known for his work as a printer, author, inventor, and statesman.
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