Not your usual founding father : selected readings from Benjamin Franklin
Presents a comprehensive collection of lesser-known writings of founding father Benjamin Franklin including journal entries and letters that express his personal views, habits, discoveries, and political thoughts
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1 online resource (xiv, 303 pages) : illustrations, map
9780300135015, 9781281734563, 9786611734565, 0300135017, 128173456X, 6611734562
191735128
1. The young man and the old man
2. Friendship and flirtation
3. The uses of laughter
4. Religion
5. Sickness and health
6. Wind, weather, and air
7. Ships and the sea
8. Electric fire
9. Geology and cosmology
10. The colonies and the empire
11. Ethnic pride and prejudice
12. Join or die
13. The vision challenged
14. The empire at risk
15. Independence
16. Poor Richard's diplomacy
17. A huckstered peace
18. The pretensions of wealth
19. America
Includes index
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
English