Young Benjamin Franklin : the birth of ingenuity / Nick Bunker.
"From his early career as a printer and journalist, to his scientific work and his role as a founder of a new republic, Benjamin Franklin has always seemed the inevitable embodiment of American ingenuity. But in his youth he had to make his way through a harsh colonial world where he fought many battles: with his rivals, but also with his wayward emotions. Taking Franklin to the age of forty-one, when he made his first electrical discoveries, Bunker goes behind the legend to reveal the sources of his passion for knowledge. Always trying to balance virtue against ambition, Franklin emerges as a brilliant but flawed human being, made from the conflicts of an age of slavery as well as reason. With archival material from both sides of the Atlantic, we see Franklin in Boston, London, and Philadelphia, as he develops his formula for greatness. A tale of science, politics, war, and religion, this is also a story about Franklin's forebears: the talented family of English craftsmen who produced America's favorite genius."
Record details
- ISBN: 9781101874417
- ISBN: 1101874414
- Physical Description: viii, 445 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "A Borzoi Book."
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-427) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Prologue: The enigmatic seer -- Part one: Beginnings. His ingenious kin ; Coats of many colors ; Coming to America -- Part two: A Boston boy. His happy childhood ; Mr. Pemberton's method ; For the love of books -- Part three: The breakout. The New-England Courant ; The crusade of the Delaware ; Forgetting Boston ; Little Britain ; The papists of Duke Street -- Part four: The weekly grind. Seaweed, sickness, and the junto ; Citizen Franklin ; Years of success ; The Devil's instrument ; War and Mr. Whitefield -- Part five: The dawn of American science. A change of life ; Colden, Franklin, and the two frontiers ; A calling found -- Epilogue: An uneasy spirit.
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- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 > Childhood and youth.
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- Biographies.
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Main Library | BIO FRANKLIN BUN (Text) | 30229101121399 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
