Inventing America: The Life of Benjamin Franklin - Hardcover

Essig, Mark Regan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1401602371 ISBN 13: 9781401602376

Publisher: Rutledge Hill Pr, 2006

Synopsis

Although Franklin's contributions to the worlds of science and letters were enough to make him memorable, it was the American Revolution that made him legendary. It has been speculated that if it were not for Franklin's amiable relationship with the French, France would not have come to America's aid.

Using the same Museum in a Book format as the popular Lewis and Clark on the Trail of Discovery and Great Maps of the Civil War, Inventing America brings Benjamin Franklin to life through words and removable documents such as:

• Map of Franklin's Philadelphia
• Portions of Poor Richard's Almanack
• Letters to his illegitimate son, William
• Franklin's edits to the Declaration of Independence

About this title

About the Author:

Mark Essig received a Ph.D. from Cornell University. His first book, Edison & the Electric Chair, is an "engaging and meticulously researched book" (Entertainment Weekly) that is "steeped in historical scholarship and written with sober elegance" (Newsday).

About this edition

• Publisher: Rutledge Hill Pr
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1401602371
• ISBN 13: 9781401602376
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48