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| 100 | 1 | _aIsaacson, Walter | |
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_aBenjamin Franklin : _ban American life _c/ Walter Isaacson |
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_aNew York _b: Simon & Schuster _c, c2003 |
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_a586 p. _b: illus _c; 24 cm |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 520 | _aBenjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us - an ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings. The most interesting thing that Franklin invented, and continually reinvented, was himself. America's first great publicist, he was consciously trying to create a new American archetype. In the process, he carefully crafted his own persona, portrayed it in public, and polished it for posterity. H | ||
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_aFranklin, Benjamin _d(, 1706-1790) |
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_aStatesman _x-United States _z-Biography |
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_aInventors _x-United States _v- Biography |
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_aPrinters _x-United States _v- Biography |
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_aUnited States _x-Politics and government _y-1775-1783 |
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_aUnited States _x-Politics and government _y-1783-1789 |
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