Ben Franklin (Documentary)

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  • Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

    • ASIN: B004VLETYM
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Audio

    Benjamin 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. In best-selling author Walter Isaacson's vivid and witty full-scale biography, we discover why Franklin turns to us from history's stage with eyes that twinkle from behind ... [Read More]

  • Walter Isaacson: The Genius Biographies: Benjamin Franklin, Einstein, and Steve Jobs

    • ASIN: 1501189018
    • ISBN: 1501189018
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

    The Genius Biographies boxed set from New York Times bestselling author Walter Isaacson featuring his definitive biographies: Steve Jobs, Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin. “If anybody in America understands genius, it’s Walter Isaacson.” —SalonWalter Isaacson's beloved biographies of American geniuses—now in one boxed set: Steve Jobs: The... [Read More]

  • Leonardo da Vinci

    • ASIN: 1501139169
    • ISBN: 1501139169
    • Brand: Simon & Schuster
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

    The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it…Most important, it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life” (The New Yorker).Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s astonishing n... [Read More]

  • Who Was Ben Franklin?

    • ASIN: 0448424959
    • ISBN: 9780448424958
    • Brand: Grosset Dunlap
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Workshop

    Ben Franklin was the scientist who, with the help of a kite, discovered that lightning is electricity. He was also a statesman, an inventor, a printer, and an author-a man of such amazingly varied talents that some people claimed he had magical powers! Full of all the details kids will want to know, the true story of Benjamin Franklin is by turns s... [Read More]

  • Time For Kids: Benjamin Franklin: A Man of Many Talents (Time For Kids Biographies)

    • ASIN: 006057609X
    • ISBN: 006057609X
    • Brand: Satterfield, Kathryn Hoffman (EDT)
    • Manufacturer: HarperCollins

    Take a close-up look at Benjamin Franklin, a jack-of-all-trades who served his country well. Interviews with experts and lively writing deliver the accurate reporting you expect from TIME For Kids®. Historical reproductions and contemporary photographs capture the life of this ingenious man and show how he made life better and safer for Americans ... [Read More]

  • Einstein: His Life and Universe

    • ASIN: B000PC0S0K
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

  • Rush: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father

    • ASIN: B079D9LT6W
    • Manufacturer: Crown

    The monumental life of Benjamin Rush, medical pioneer and one of our most provocative and unsung Founding Fathers   In the summer of 1776, fifty-six men put their quills to a dangerous document they called the Declaration of Independence. Among them was a thirty-year-old doctor named Benjamin Rush. One of the youngest signatories, he was also, amo... [Read More]

  • Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

    • ASIN: 0735224714
    • ISBN: 0735224714
    • Brand: PENGUIN PRESS
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Press

    A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2017From the great historian of the American Revolution, New York Times-bestselling and Pulitzer-winning Gordon Wood, comes a majestic dual biography of two of America's most enduringly fascinating figures, whose partnership helped birth a nation, and whose subseq... [Read More]

  • What Is the Declaration of Independence? (What Was?)

    • ASIN: 044848692X
    • ISBN: 044848692X
    • Brand: WaterBrook Press
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Workshop

    Step back in time to the birth of America and meet the real-life rebels who made this country free!On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously until early the next morning. He was drafting the Declaration of Independence, a document that would sever this country's ties with Britain and announc... [Read More]

  • The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Dover Thrift Editions)

    • ASIN: B008TVLLWI
    • Manufacturer: Dover Publications

  • The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin

    • ASIN: 0385495404
    • ISBN: 0385495404
    • Manufacturer: Anchor

    Pulitzer Prize FinalistBenjamin Franklin, perhaps the pivotal figure in colonial and revolutionary America, comes vividly to life in this masterly biography. Wit, diplomat, scientist, philosopher, businessman, inventor, and bon vivant, Benjamin Franklin was in every respect America’s first Renaissance man. From penniless runaway to highly success... [Read More]

  • Benjamin Franklin, American Genius: His Life and Ideas with 21 Activities (For Kids series)

    • ASIN: 1556527578
    • ISBN: 1556527578
    • Brand: Chicago Review Press
    • Manufacturer: Chicago Review Press

    Benjamin Franklin was a 17-year-old runaway when he arrived in Philadelphia in 1723. Yet within days he’d found a job at a local print shop, met the woman he would eventually marry, and even attracted the attention of Pennsylvania’s governor. A decade later, he became a colonial celebrity with the publication of Poor Richard: An Almanack and wo... [Read More]

  • Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots

    • ASIN: B0176Q62DY
    • Brand: Henry Holt and Co.
    • Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.

    The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historical docudrama Legends and Lies: The Patriots, an exciting and eye-opening look at the Revolutionary War through the lives of its leadersThe American Revolution was neither inevitable nor a unanimous cause. It pitted neighbors against each other, as loyalists and colonial rebels faced off for their l... [Read More]

  • Benjamin Franklin An Honest & Complete Biography: Large Print Edition

    • ASIN: 1453825312
    • ISBN: 1453825312
    • Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

    Franklin was exceptional as a scientist, statesman, business man and author.

  • Benjamin Franklin : Part 1

    • ASIN: 0786109394
    • ISBN: 0786109394
    • Manufacturer: Blackstone Audio Inc

    Documents, letters, and manuscripts by Franklin form the foundation of this biography of the great early American inventor, author, and statesman.

  • James Madison: A Life Reconsidered

    • ASIN: B00G3L0ZUU
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

    A major new biography of the fourth president of the United States by New York Times bestselling author Lynne Cheney   Lin-Manuel Miranda's play "Hamilton" has reignited interest in the founding fathers; it  features James Madison among its vibrant cast of characters. This majestic new biography of James Madison explores the astonishing story of ... [Read More]

  • The Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau: Canoeing in the Wilderness, Walden, Walking, Civil Disobedience and More

    • ASIN: B007F2V2KI

    This collection gathers together the works by Henry David Thoreau in a single, convenient, high quality, and extremely low priced Kindle volume!The Complete Novels:A Week On The Concord And Merrimack RiversA Yankee In CanadaCape CodThe Maine WoodsWalden, Or, Life In The WoodsThe Complete PoemsThe Complete Essays:A Plea For Captain John BrownA Walk ... [Read More]

  • Benjamin Franklin's The Art of Virtue: His Formula for Successful Living

    • ASIN: 0938399101
    • ISBN: 0938399101
    • Manufacturer: Acorn Publishing

    Benjamin Franklin's The Art of Virtue consists of a collection of Franklin's writings organized around his timeless philosophy on such topics as: goal setting and personal achievement, obtaining wealth and preserving health, human relations and family living, religion and morality, aging and dying, and much, much more. Full of profound insights, de... [Read More]

  • Yellow Star

    • ASIN: 0761463100
    • ISBN: 9780761463108
    • Manufacturer: Two Lions

    "In 1945 the war ended. The Germans surrendered, and the ghetto was liberated. Out of over a quarter of a million people, about 800 walked out of the ghetto. Of those who survived, only twelve were children. I was one of the twelve." For more than fifty years after the war, Syvia, like many Holocaust survivors, did not talk about her experiences in... [Read More]

  • 50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet, 3rd Edition

    • ASIN: 1512413283
    • ISBN: 1512413283
    • Brand: MILLBROOK
    • Manufacturer: Millbrook Press

    Heroes come in all sizes, colors, and ages, and 50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet (2nd Revised Edition) introduces readers to a diverse cast of great Americans. The remarkable stories of fifty inspiring Americans are highlighted, from Jane Addams to Louis Zamperini. Revised in 2016 by the original authors to include ten new heroes, the book ... [Read More]

  • Ben Franklin (Documentary)

    Benjamin Franklin: The Founding Father

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