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Examines the many facets of America s extraordinary founding father, politician, diplomat, scientist, printer, and civic improver. Franklin influenced every aspect of American life, from his own time to the present. Designed to accompany the traveling Ben Franklin Tercentenary exhib. celebrating Franklin s 300th birthday, this book includes essays by 10 prominent scholars that provide an overview of Franklin s life and covers the full range of his interests and achievement. Illus. by more than 265 color images -- portraits, manuscripts, drawings, maps, paintings, engravings, and a plethora of Franklin s possessions, from teacups to printing equip. Combines new scholarship with unique images -- many of which have never been seen before .
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Page Talbott is associate director of the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary and chief curator of the exhibition Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World, which will travel throughout the United States and to France from 2005 to 2008. Contributors: Ellen R. Cohn, James N.Green, Walter Isaacson, E. Philip Krider, Emma J. Lapsansky-Werner, J. A. Leo Lemay, Robert Middlekauff, Edmund S. Morgan, Billy G. Smith, Page Talbott
“[Benjamin Franklin] is the founding father who winks at us. . . . We can easily imagine having a beer with him after work, showing him how to use a Palm Pilot, sharing the business plan for a new venture, or discussing Bill Clinton’s foibles and George Bush’s foreign policy. . . . Each new look at him reflects and refracts the nation’s changing values.”―Walter Isaacson, from the Introduction
(Walter Isaacson)“A wonderful collection of informative essays and fascinating images, a worthy literary companion to the exhibit in her charge."
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- PublisherYale Univ. Press
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1437967329
- ISBN 13 9781437967326
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages375
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