Benjamin Franklin : an American life /

Chronicles the founding father's life and his multiple careers as a shopkeeper, writer, inventor, media baron, scientist, diplomat, business strategist, and political leader, while showing how his faith in the wisdom of the common citizen helped to forge an American national identity based on t...

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Autor principal: Isaacson, Walter
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Simon and Schuster, c2003.
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245 1 0 |a Benjamin Franklin :  |b an American life /  |c Walter Isaacson. 
260 |a New York :  |b Simon and Schuster,  |c c2003. 
300 |a x, 590 p., [16] p. of plates :  |b ill. (some col.) ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Benjamin Franklin and the invention of America -- Pilgrim's progress: Boston, 1706-1723 -- Journeyman: Philadelphia and London, 1723-1726 -- Printer: Philadelphia, 1726-1732 -- Public citizen: Philadelphia, 1731-1748 -- Scientist and inventor: Philadelphia, 1744-1751 -- Politician: Philadelphia, 1749-1756 -- Troubled waters: London, 1757-1762 -- Home leave: Philadelphia, 1763-1764 -- Agent provocateur: London, 1765-1770 -- Rebel: London, 1771-1775 -- Independence: Philadelphia, 1775-1776 -- Courtier: Paris, 1776-1778 -- Bon vivant: Paris, 1778-1785 -- Peacemaker: Paris, 1778-1785 -- Sage: Philadelphia, 1785-1790 -- Epilogue -- Conclusions -- Cast of characters -- Chronology -- Currency conversions. 
520 |a Chronicles the founding father's life and his multiple careers as a shopkeeper, writer, inventor, media baron, scientist, diplomat, business strategist, and political leader, while showing how his faith in the wisdom of the common citizen helped to forge an American national identity based on the virtues of its middle class. 
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651 0 |a United States  |x Politics and government  |y 1775-1783. 
651 0 |a United States  |x Politics and government  |y 1783-1789. 
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