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Author: Benjamin Franklin
Publisher: Gramercy
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780517230800
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of over 500 quotes, sayings, and proverbs by American patriot, inventor, and statesman, Benjamin Franklin.
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Publisher: Frog Books
Published: 2003-03-31
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9781583940792
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMeet Benjamin Franklin as you’ve never met him before . . . This hilarious collection includes the Founding Father’s satirical writings on farting, adultery, and other irreverent subjects you won’t find in your history books. A mention of flatulence might conjure up images of bratty high school boys or lowbrow comics. But one of the most eloquent—and least expected—commentators on the subject is Benjamin Franklin. The writings in Fart Proudly reveal the rogue who lived peaceably within the philosopher and statesman. Included are “The Letter to a Royal Academy”; “On Choosing a Mistress”; “Rules on Making Oneself Disagreeable”; and other jibes. Franklin’s irrepressible wit found an outlet in perpetrating hoaxes, attacking marriage and other sacred cows, and skewering the English Parliament. Reminding us of the humorous, irreverent side of this American icon, these essays endure as both hilarious satire and a timely reminder of the importance of a free press.
Author: Walter Isaacson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2005-06-15
Total Pages: 573
ISBN-13: 0743274830
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA selection of Benjamin Franklin’s writings, with an introduction and commentary by renowned author Walter Isaacson. Selected and annotated by the author of the acclaimed Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, this collection of Franklin’s writings shows why he was the bestselling author of his day and remains America’s favorite founder and wit. Includes an introductory essay exploring Franklin’s life and impact as a writer, and each piece is accompanied by a preface and notes that provide background, context, and analysis.
Author: Walter Isaacson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2004-05-04
Total Pages: 628
ISBN-13: 9780743258074
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBenjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of flesh rather than marble. In this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson shows how the most fascinating of America's founders helped define our national character. In a sweeping narrative that follows Franklin's life from Boston to Philadelphia to London and Paris and back, Isaacson chronicles the adventures of the spunky runaway apprentice who became, during his 84-year life, America's best writer, inventor, media baron, scientist, diplomat, and business strategist, as well as one of its most practical and ingenious political leaders. He explores the wit behind Poor Richard's Almanac and the wisdom behind the Declaration of Independence, the new nation's alliance with France, the treaty that ended the Revolution, and the compromises that created a near-perfect Constitution. Above all, Isaacson shows how Franklin's unwavering faith in the wisdom of the common citizen and his instinctive appreciation for the possibilities of democracy helped to forge an American national identity based on the virtues and values of its middle class.
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
Published: 1998-03
Total Pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9781441300591
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Walter Isaacson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2011-10-24
Total Pages: 1707
ISBN-13: 145167760X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis includes the exclusive biography of Steve Jobs and bestselling biographies Benjamin Franklin and Einstein.
Author: Lorraine Smith Pangle
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2007-09-28
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 0801896169
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“One of the very finest introductions to this remarkable American’s thought.” —Ralph Ketcham, Claremont Review of Books He invented the wood-burning stove and the lightning rod, he wrote Poor Richard’s Almanac and The Way to Wealth, and he traveled the world as a diplomat. But it was in politics that Benjamin Franklin made his greatest impact. Franklin’s political writings are full of fascinating reflections on human nature, on the character of good leadership, and on why government is such a messy and problematic business. Drawing together threads in Franklin’s writings, Lorraine Smith Pangle illuminates his thoughts on citizenship, federalism, constitutional government, the role of civil associations, and religious freedom. Of the American Founders, Franklin had an unrivaled understanding of the individual human soul. At the heart of his political vision is a view of democratic citizenship, a rich understanding of the qualities of the heart and mind necessary to support liberty and sustain happiness. This concise introduction reflects Franklin’s valuable insight into political issues that continue to be relevant today.
Author: Wilbur R. Jacobs
Publisher: Krieger Publishing Company
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of readings offering contrasting interpretations of the significance of Benjamin Franklin's life, work, and writings and their influence on the American character.
Author: James Parton
Publisher:
Published: 1884
Total Pages: 722
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Teresa Jordan
Publisher: Catapult
Published: 2015-11-10
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1619025884
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBenjamin Franklin was in his early twenties when he embarked on a "bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection," intending to master the virtues of temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility. He soon gave up on perfection but continued to believe that these virtues, coupled with a generous heart and a bemused acceptance of human frailty, laid the foundation for not only a good life but also a workable society. Writer and visual artist Teresa Jordan wondered if Franklin's perhaps antiquated notions of virtue might offer guidance to a nation increasingly divided by angry righteousness. She decided to try to live his list for a year, focusing on each virtue for a week at a time and taking weekends off to attend to the seven deadly sins. The journal she kept became this collection of beautifully illustrated essays, weaving personal anecdotes with the views of theologians, philosophers, ethicists, evolutionary biologists, and a whole range of scholars and scientists within the emerging field of consciousness studies. Teresa Jordan offers a wry and intimate journey into a year in midlife devoted to the challenge of trying to live authentically.
