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Benjamin Franklin [electronic resource] / Edwin S. Gaustad.
Series: Lives & legacies: Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: 1 online resource (x, 143 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780199850662 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
| Statesmen -- United States -- Biography | Scientists -- United States -- Biography | Inventors -- United States -- Biography | Printers -- United States -- BiographyAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780195305357DDC classification: 973.3092 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Born into the family of a Boston candlemaker, Benjamin Franklin turned the lessons of his humble beginning into wisdom that helped found a nation. This biography takes his point of departure on the question of whether young people should adopt the model of this American character or whether the heroic image needs to be tempered.
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Born into the family of a Boston candlemaker, Benjamin Franklin turned the lessons of his humble beginning into wisdom that helped found a nation. This biography takes his point of departure on the question of whether young people should adopt the model of this American character or whether the heroic image needs to be tempered.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.