- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN GLIMPSES OF THE MAN FULL
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN GLIMPSES OF THE MAN TV
He examines the broad intellectual continuities uniting Franklin's 1726 journal of his return voyage to Philadelphia with successive editions of his Experiments and Observations on Electricity, first published in 1751. He places the twenty-five-year production of Poor Richard's Almanac in the context of early eighteenth-century moral and educational psychology. Anderson begins by tracing the evolution of young Franklin's theology of works between the letters of Silence Dogood (1722) and his impassioned defense of the heterodox Irish clergyman Samuel Hemphill in 1735. Takes a fresh look at the intellectual roots of one of the most engaging and multifaceted of America's founders. The Radical Enlightenments of Benjamin Franklin (1997) Crane, Benjamin Franklin and a Rising People (1954 repr.
Franklin of Philadelphia, excellent scholarly study by Esmond Wright see also Benjamin Franklin by Carl Van Doren (1938) Franklin by David F. For an excellent long scholarly biography see Henry Brands The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin (2000)Įxcerpt on Franklin under attack in London in 1774īy Walter Isaacson (2003) another good recent biography. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN GLIMPSES OF THE MAN FULL
full text of 1840 biography by Jared Sparks. The Papers of Benjamin Franklin complete Yale collection, with tens of thousands of documents. Benjamin Franklin Reader edited by Walter Isaacson (2003) good short collection. For a modern edition of his major works, see Franklin: Writings The Library of America edition (1987). Morse (2004)Įfficient Franklin Stove resulted from study of heat The Electrical Writings of Benjamin Franklin, ed by Robert A. Yale edition of complete works huge compilation searchable. Franklin: Writings The Library of America edition (1987) recommended. The Diplomacy of the American Revolution (1935) "The examination of Benjamin Franklin before the House of commons" Feb 1766. Ambassador to England from the Colonies 1765–1775. Soldier, Scientist, Politician 1748–1757. The Printer ancestry, birth to 1730 Almanacs-all editions. BF as author 1918 scholarly article by Prof. Jensen Guide to American Political history. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN GLIMPSES OF THE MAN TV
PBS TV program with lesson plans good place to start. 
Scholarly biography written in 1931 by leading historian Carl Becker recommended. 
Benjamin Franklin by Richard Jensen online at Guide to Benjamin Franklin by Richard Jensen
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