The Prefaces, Proverbs And Poems Of Benjamin Franklin: Originally Printed In Poor Richard's Almanacs For 1733-1758 - Softcover

Ford, Paul Leicester Ford

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3744652106 ISBN 13: 9783744652100

Publisher: hansebooks, 2017

Synopsis

The Prefaces, Proverbs And Poems Of Benjamin Franklin - Originally Printed In Poor Richard's Almanacs For 1733-1758 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1889. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was one of America's most influential Founding Fathers. He was an author, printer, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, statesman, and diplomat. Franklin invented the lightning rod, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and bifocals. He served as President of Pennsylvania (which would be Governor today), United States Minister to France, United States Minister to Sweden, and United States Postmaster General. At 70, he was the oldest signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was a publisher; most famously of Poor Richard's Almanack, which was published from 1732 to 1757. He charted the Gulf Stream in 1770, developed meteorological theories, and, in a letter dated 1772, laid out the earliest known description of a Pro & Con list. Franklin played the violin, harp, and guitar, and was the first chess player known by name in the American colonies. He created one of the first volunteer firefighting companies in America, was instumental in the founding of the University of Pennsylvania, and founded the American Philosophical Society. Franklin biographer Walter Isaacson calls him "the most accomplished American of his age and the most influential in inventing the type of society America would become."

Edition details

• Publisher: hansebooks
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 3744652106
• ISBN 13: 9783744652100
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 296