The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1

Informationen zum Autor J. A. Leo Lemay Klappentext Representing a lifetime of research by the dean of Franklin scholars, this seven-volume biography will give enthusiasts and scholars an important resource for understanding Benjamin Franklin's character and place in American history. This first volume chronicles the early years of Franklin, from his birth to his marriage in 1730. Zusammenfassung Representing a lifetime of research by the dean of Franklin scholars! this seven-volume biography will give enthusiasts and scholars an important resource for understanding Benjamin Franklin's character and place in American history. This first volume chronicles the early years of Franklin! from his birth to his marriage in 1730. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Preface PART I. BOSTON: YOUTH, 1706-1723 Prologue: Quandary 1. Boston 2. Child to Adolescent 3. Printer's Devil 4. Massachusetts Controversies, 1716-1723 5. Nathaniel Gardner and the Couranteers 6. James Franklin: America's First Newspaperman 7. Silence Dogood in Context 8. "Saucy and Provoking": Franklin Takes Charge 9. Assessing Franklin as a Youth, to Age Seventeen PART II. ADRIFT, AGE SEVENTEEN TO TWENTY-FOUR, 1723-1730 10. The Runaway 11. The Water American: London Escapades 12. At Sea, 1726 13. Merchant to Master Printer, 1726-1728 14. The Junto 15. Business, 1728-1730, and "Articles of Religion" 16. The Busy-Body 17. Paper Currency 18. Journalist 19. Assessing Franklin, Age Seventeen to Twenty-four Appendix: New Attributions Sources and Documentation List of Abbreviations Notes Index Acknowledgments

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J. A. Leo Lemay

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Representing a lifetime of research by the dean of Franklin scholars, this seven-volume biography will give enthusiasts and scholars an important resource for understanding Benjamin Franklin's character and place in American history. This first volume chronicles the early years of Franklin, from his birth to his marriage in 1730.

Inhalt
List of Illustrations
Preface
PART I. BOSTON: YOUTH, 1706-1723
Prologue: Quandary
1. Boston
2. Child to Adolescent
3. Printer's Devil
4. Massachusetts Controversies, 1716-1723
5. Nathaniel Gardner and the Couranteers
6. James Franklin: America's First Newspaperman
7. Silence Dogood in Context
8. "Saucy and Provoking": Franklin Takes Charge
9. Assessing Franklin as a Youth, to Age Seventeen
PART II. ADRIFT, AGE SEVENTEEN TO TWENTY-FOUR, 1723-1730
10. The Runaway
11. The Water American: London Escapades
12. At Sea, 1726
13. Merchant to Master Printer, 1726-1728
14. The Junto
15. Business, 1728-1730, and "Articles of Religion"
16. The Busy-Body
17. Paper Currency
18. Journalist
19. Assessing Franklin, Age Seventeen to Twenty-four
Appendix: New Attributions
Sources and Documentation
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments

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