Download or read book 12 Historical Scenes from the Life of Benjamin Franklin written by Franklin Institute (Boston, Mass.) and published by . This book was released on 1965* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin written by Benjamin Franklin and published by First Avenue Editions ™. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1771 and 1790, American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin sat down to record the important events of his life, from his childhood in Boston to his work as a printer in Philadelphia, to his trips to Paris and his plans for the first public library. The story of the invention of the Franklin stove, the first Poor Richard's Almanac, and his experiments with electricity are all included here. His "Project for Moral Perfection"—a list of desirable virtues and steps to achieve them—influenced the modern self-help genre. Hundreds of years later, Franklin's account of his rise from middle-class obscurity to become a world-renowned scholar and civic figure continues to promote the American Dream. First published in 1791, this unabridged version of Franklin's autobiography is taken from the 1909 copyright edition.
Download or read book Book of Ages written by Jill Lepore and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR NPR • Time Magazine • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Boston Globe A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians—a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister, Jane, whose obscurity and poverty were matched only by her brother’s fame and wealth but who, like him, was a passionate reader, a gifted writer, and an astonishingly shrewd political commentator. Making use of an astonishing cache of little-studied material, including documents, objects, and portraits only just discovered, Jill Lepore brings Jane Franklin to life in a way that illuminates not only this one extraordinary woman but an entire world.
Download or read book B Franklin 1706 1790 written by Benjamin Franklin and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stealing God s Thunder written by Philip Dray and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2005-12-27 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Dray captures the genius and ingenuity of Franklin’s scientific thinking and then does something even more fascinating: He shows how science shaped his diplomacy, politics, and Enlightenment philosophy.” –Walter Isaacson, author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Today we think of Benjamin Franklin as a founder of American independence who also dabbled in science. But in Franklin’s day, the era of Enlightenment, long before he was an eminent statesman, he was famous for his revolutionary scientific work. Pulitzer Prize finalist Philip Dray uses the evolution of Franklin’s scientific curiosity and empirical thinking as a metaphor for America’s struggle to establish its fundamental values. He recounts how Franklin unlocked one of the greatest natural mysteries of his day, the seemingly unknowable powers of lightning and electricity. Rich in historical detail and based on numerous primary sources, Stealing God’s Thunder is a fascinating original look at one of our most beloved and complex founding fathers.
Download or read book The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales Sketches and Anecdotes written by Samuel G. Goodrich and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Life of Benjamin Franklin' is a fascinating biography that tells the story of one of America's most influential Founding Fathers. With a multitude of talents, including as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, and publisher, Franklin was foundational in defining the American ethos as a marriage of the practical values of thrift, hard work, education, community spirit, self-governing institutions, and opposition to authoritarianism both political and religious. He was instrumental in securing French aid for the American Revolution and was widely admired among the French as an American minister to Paris. His legacy of scientific and political achievement has seen Franklin honored more than two centuries after his death on the $100 bill, warships, and the names of many towns, counties, educational institutions, and corporations. This biography is illustrated by tales, sketches, and anecdotes that bring Franklin's incredible life to vivid detail.
Download or read book Benjamin Franklin s Humor written by Paul Zall and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2005-12-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although he called himself merely a “printer” in his will, Benjamin Franklin could have also called himself a diplomat, a doctor, an electrician, a frontier general, an inventor, a journalist, a legislator, a librarian, a magistrate, a postmaster, a promoter, a publisher—and a humorist. John Adams wrote of Franklin, “He had wit at will. He had humor that when he pleased was pleasant and delightful . . . [and] talents for irony, allegory, and fable, that he could adapt with great skill, to the promotion of moral and political truth.” In Benjamin Franklin’s Humor, author Paul M. Zall shows how one of America’s founding fathers used humor to further both personal and national interests. Early in his career, Franklin impersonated the feisty widow Silence Dogood in a series of comically moralistic essays that helped his brother James outpace competitors in Boston’s incipient newspaper market. In the mid-eighteenth century, he displayed his talent for comic impersonation in numerous editions of Poor Richard’s Almanac, a series of pocket-sized tomes filled with proverbs and witticisms that were later compiled in Franklin’s The Way to Wealth (1758), one of America’s all-time bestselling books. Benjamin Franklin was sure to be remembered for his early work as an author, printer, and inventor, but his accomplishments as a statesman later in life firmly secured his lofty stature in American history. Zall shows how Franklin employed humor to achieve desired ends during even the most difficult diplomatic situations: while helping draft the Declaration of Independence, while securing France’s support for the American Revolution, while brokering the treaty with England to end the War for Independence, and while mediating disputes at the Constitutional Convention. He supervised and facilitated the birth of a nation with customary wit and aplomb. Zall traces the development of an acute sense of humor throughout the life of a great American. Franklin valued humor not as an end in itself but as a means to gain a competitive edge, disseminate information, or promote a program. Early in life, he wrote about timely topics in an effort to reach a mass reading class, leaving an amusing record of early American culture. Later, Franklin directed his talents toward serving his country. Regardless of its origin, the best of Benjamin Franklin’s humor transcends its initial purpose and continues to evoke undying laughter at shared human experiences.
Download or read book The Works of Benjamin Franklin written by Benjamin Franklin and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life of Benjamin Franklin written by Benjamin Franklin and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Benjamin Franklin Swimmer written by Sarah B. Pomeroy and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the first book that focuses on Benjamin Franklin as a swimmer. Franklin thought swimming a valuable activity and swam whenever he could wherever he was. We can see Franklin's personality emerge through the lens of swimming, which offered him entrée into London society as a young man. The book includes excerpts from the journal of Benjamin Franklin Bache, Franklin's grandson"--
Download or read book 932 1791 English Classics932 The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin written by 벤자민 프랭클린(Benjamin Franklin) and published by 테마여행신문 TTN Theme Travel News Korea. This book was released on 2022-12-31 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ▶ 벤자민 프랭클린이 직접 쓴 회고록(Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. by Franklin)(1791) : ‘벤자민 프랭클린 자서전·회고록’은 그가 사망(1789)한 이후 현재까지 출판사와 편집자마다 조금씩 다른 판으로 출간되고 있는 ‘수필문학의 고전’입니다. 벤자민이 자신의 지인들에게 ‘자신의 삶과 철학’, ‘자신의 인생 관리법’ 등을 건네는 편지 모음집의 형태로, ‘자기관리의 끝판왕’이라 불리는 그의 비법(?!)이 고스란히 담겨 있습니다. 벤자민은 1726년 20세가 되던 해 스스로 13가지 미덕(절제, 침묵, 질서, 진실함, 정의 등)을 정하고, 자신의 다이어리에 매일 표시를 하는 방식으로 스스로를 철저하게 관리하였으며, 그의 노하우를 체계화한 플래너의 고전 프랭클린 플래너(Franklin Planner)는 현재까지도 인기 있는 베스트셀러 다이어리죠! 그러나 그 자신 또한 완벽하지 않은 일개 개인으로써 성욕을 풀기 위해 환락가에 수차례 방문하였을 뿐 아니라, 맥주를 비롯한 술을 즐기고 심지어 찬양하였습니다. 또한 노예폐지론자로 선회하기는 하였습니다만, 사업가로써 노예를 다수 거느린 노예소유주였죠. 벤자민이 비록 흠이 없는 완벽한 사람은 아닐 것이나, 현재까지도 미국인의 존경을 받는 위인으로써 자기계발과 자기관리에 관심이 많은 현대의 독자들에게도 귀감이 될 장점이 적지 않습니다. 테마여행신문 TTN Korea 영어고전(English Classics)과 함께 어제도, 오늘도, 내일도 멋진 문학여행을! B ▶ INTRODUCTORY NOTE. Benjamin Franklin was born in Milk Street, Boston, on January 6, 1706. His father, Josiah Franklin, was a tallow chandler who married twice, and of his seventeen children Benjamin was the youngest son. His schooling ended at ten, and at twelve he was bound apprentice to his brother James, a printer, who published the "New England Courant." To this journal he became a contributor, and later was for a time its nominal editor. But the brothers quarreled, and Benjamin ran away, going first to New York, and thence to Philadelphia, where he arrived in October, 1723. ▷ 소개 노트. 벤자민 프랭클린은 1706년 1월 6일 보스턴의 밀크 스트리트에서 태어났습니다. 그의 아버지인 조시아 프랭클린은 두 번 결혼한 기름진 챈들러였으며 그의 열일곱 자녀 중 막내아들이 벤자민이었습니다. 그의 학교 교육은 10살에 끝났고 12살에는 "뉴잉글랜드 쿠란트(New England Courant)"를 출판한 인쇄업자인 형 제임스의 견습생이 되었습니다. 그는 이 저널의 기고가가 되었고 나중에는 한동안 명목상 편집자였습니다. 그러나 형제들이 다투자 벤자민은 먼저 뉴욕으로, 그 다음에는 필라델피아로 도망쳐 1723년 10월에 그곳에 도착했습니다. ▶ On Denman's death he returned to his former trade, and shortly set up a printing house of his own from which he published "The Pennsylvania Gazette," to which he contributed many essays, and which he made a medium for agitating a variety of local reforms. In 1732 he began to issue his famous "Poor Richard's Almanac" for the enrichment of which he borrowed or composed those pithy utterances of worldly wisdom which are the basis of a large part of his popular reputation. In 1758, the year in which he ceased writing for the Almanac, he printed in it "Father Abraham's Sermon," now regarded as the most famous piece of literature produced in Colonial America. ▷ 덴만이 죽자 그는 이전 직업으로 돌아갔고 곧 자신의 인쇄소를 차리고 "펜실베니아 가제트(The Pennsylvania Gazette)"를 출판했으며 그곳에서 많은 에세이를 기고했으며 다양한 지역 개혁을 선동하는 매체를 만들었습니다. 1732년에 그는 그의 유명한 "가난한 리처드의 연감(Poor Richard's Almanac)"을 발행하기 시작했는데, 그의 대중적 명성의 상당 부분의 기초가 되는 세속적 지혜의 간결한 발언을 차용하거나 구성하여 풍부하게 했습니다. 1758년 연감 작성을 중단한 해에 그는 "아브라함 신부의 설교"를 인쇄했는데, 이는 현재 식민지 미국에서 생산된 가장 유명한 문학 작품으로 간주됩니다. ▶ Meantime Franklin was concerning himself more and more with public affairs. He set forth a scheme for an Academy, which was taken up later and finally developed into the University of Pennsylvania; and he founded an "American Philosophical Society" for the purpose of enabling scientific men to communicate their discoveries to one another. He himself had already begun his electrical researches, which, with other scientific inquiries, he carried on in the intervals of money-making and politics to the end of his life. In 1748 he sold his business in order to get leisure for study, having now acquired comparative wealth; and in a few years he had made discoveries that gave him a reputation with the learned throughout Europe. ▷ 그러는 동안 프랭클린은 공적인 일에 점점 더 관심을 갖게 되었습니다. 그는 나중에 채택되어 마침내 펜실베이니아 대학교로 발전한 아카데미 계획을 세웠습니다. 그리고 그는 과학자들이 그들의 발견을 서로 소통할 수 있도록 하기 위해 "미국 철학 협회(American Philosophical Society)"를 설립했습니다. 그는 이미 전기 연구를 시작했으며, 다른 과학적 탐구와 함께 돈벌이와 정치의 중간에 인생을 마감할 때까지 계속했습니다. 1748년에 그는 공부를 위한 여가를 얻기 위해 사업체를 팔았고 이제 상당한 부를 얻었습니다. 그리고 몇 년 안에 그는 유럽 전역의 학자들 사이에서 명성을 얻은 발견을 했습니다. ▶ The first five chapters of the Autobiography were composed in England in 1771, continued in 1784-5, and again in 1788, at which date he brought it down to 1757. After a most extraordinary series of adventures, the original form of the manuscript was finally printed by Mr. John Bigelow, and is here reproduced in recognition of its value as a picture of one of the most notable personalities of Colonial times, and of its acknowledged rank as one of the great autobiographies of the world. ▷ 자서전의 처음 다섯 장은 1771년에 영국에서 작성되었고 1784-5년에 계속되었으며 1788년에 다시 1757년으로 축소되었습니다. 마침내 존 비글로우(John Bigelow) 씨가 인쇄했으며 식민지 시대의 가장 주목할 만한 인물 중 한 사람의 그림으로서의 가치와 세계에서 가장 위대한 자서전 중 하나로 인정된 순위를 인정하여 여기에 재현되었습니다. -목차(Index)- ▶ 프롤로그(Prologue). 테마여행신문 TTN Korea 영어고전(English Classics) 999선을 읽어야 하는 7가지 이유 ▶ 8가지 키워드로 읽는 벤자민 프랭클린(Benjamin Franklin, 1706~1790) 01. 미국 건국의 아버지(Founding Fathers of the United States) 02. 정치인(Politician)이자 외교관(Diplomat, 1764~1788) 03. 과학자(Scientist)이자 발명가(Inventor) 04. 벤자민 프랭클린 자서전(Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, 1791) 05. 유이(唯二)한 비대통령 미국 화폐 모델 06. 벤자민 프랭클린(Benjamin Franklin)을 만나는 15곳 07. 오디오북(Audio Books)으로 듣는 벤자민 프랭클린(Benjamin Franklin) 08. 벤자민 프랭클린(Benjamin Franklin) 어록(Quotes)(100) ▶ 벤자민 프랭클린 자서전 1791(The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin) Introductory Note ▶ Benjamin Franklin His Autobiography 1706-1757 Part II. Letter from Mr. Abel James, with Notes of my Life(received in Paris). Part III. Part IV. Chief Events In Franklin's Life. On Franklin's Autobiography Transcriber's Notes ▶ 부록(Appendix). 세계의 고전을 여행하는 히치하이커를 위한 안내서(The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Worlds’s Classics) A01. 하버드 서점(Harvard Book Store) 직원 추천 도서 100선(Staff’s Favorite 100 Books) & 판매도서 100위(top 100 Books) A02. 서울대(Seoul University) 권장도서 100 A03. 연세대(Yonsei University) 필독도서 고전 200선 A04. 고려대(Korea University) 세종캠퍼스 권장도서 100선 A05. 서울대·연세대·고려대(SKY University) 공통 권장도서 60권 A06. 성균관대(Sungkyunkwan University) 오거서(五車書) 성균 고전 100선 A07. 경희대(Kyung Hee University) 후마니타스 칼리지(Humanitas College) 교양필독서 100선 A08. 포스텍(포항공대, POSTECH) 권장도서 100선 A09. 카이스트(KAIST) 독서마일리지제 추천도서 100권 A10. 문학상(Literary Awards) 수상작 및 추천도서(44) A11. 영어고전(English Classics) 오디오북을 무료로 듣는 5가지 방법(How to listen to FREE audio Books legally?) 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Download or read book Ben Franklin s Fame written by Stacia Deutsch and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Benjamin Franklin decides to quit, it’s up to the Blast to the Past friends to find him and get history back on track in this sixth book in the Blast to the Past series. Abigail and her friends can’t believe it—Babs Magee has finally convinced someone to quit, and that someone is Benjamin Franklin! Not only is he an important Founding Father, he invented the lightning rod, bifocals, and more. Babs is making a terrible mess of history, and it’s up to the third-grade time travelers to put things right. But no matter how far back the kids go, Babs is always one step ahead of them. Will they be able to find Ben and stop Babs in time to save history?
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Download or read book Benjamin Franklin written by Janet Benge and published by YWAM Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long before Benjamin Franklin (1706-90) served his country as a distinguished statesman he learned the value of hard work and thrift. The son of a soap maker, Franklin left school at 10 years of age to help his father in the family business. Despite the fact that Franklin had stopped attending school, his determination and active mind continued to explore new ideas and opportunities. By the time he had reached adulthood his scientific discoveries, his brilliant mind, and his social gifts had earned him a high place of respect. However, it was Franklin's deep love for his native land and his devotion to individual freedom that sustained him during the long violent years of the American Revolution. Franklin was a true American patriot.
Download or read book The Works of Benjamin Franklin written by Benjamin Franklin and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The First American written by H. W. Brands and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-05-26 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • Benjamin Franklin, perhaps the pivotal figure in colonial and revolutionary America, comes vividly to life in this “thorough biography of ... America’s first Renaissance man” (The Washington Post) by the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War. "The authoritative Franklin biography for our time.” —Joseph J. Ellis, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Founding Brothers Wit, diplomat, scientist, philosopher, businessman, inventor, and bon vivant, Benjamin Franklin's "life is one every American should know well, and it has not been told better than by Mr. Brands" (The Dallas Morning News). From penniless runaway to highly successful printer, from ardently loyal subject of Britain to architect of an alliance with France that ensured America’s independence, Franklin went from obscurity to become one of the world’s most admired figures, whose circle included the likes of Voltaire, Hume, Burke, and Kant. Drawing on previously unpublished letters and a host of other sources, acclaimed historian H. W. Brands has written a thoroughly engaging biography of the eighteenth-century genius. A much needed reminder of Franklin’s greatness and humanity, The First American is a work of meticulous scholarship that provides a magnificent tour of a legendary historical figure, a vital era in American life, and the countless arenas in which the protean Franklin left his legacy. Look for H.W. Brands's other biographies: ANDREW JACKSON, THE MAN WHO SAVED THE UNION (Ulysses S. Grant), TRAITOR TO HIS CLASS (Franklin Roosevelt) and REAGAN.
