Benjamin Franklin
Subtitle: in search of a better world
By: Page Talbott, editor ; Richard S. Dunn and John C. Van Horne, consulting editors ; introduction by Walter Isaacson ; afterword by Edmund S. Morgan ; photography by Peter Harholdt.
Contributors: Talbott, Page.; Dunn, Richard S.; Van Horne, John C.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Exhibitions.; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Anniversaries, etc. -- Exhibitions.; Statesmen -- United States -- Exhibitions.; Scientists -- United States -- Exhibitions.; Inventors -- United States -- Exhibitions.; Printers -- United States -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: Examines the many facets of America's most extraordinary founding father. Politician, diplomat, scientist, printer, and civic improver, Franklin influenced every aspect of American life, from his own time to the present. This book, designed to accompany the traveling Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary exhibition celebrating Franklin's 300th birthday, includes essays by ten prominent scholars that offer an overview of Franklin's life and cover the full range of his interests and achievements, illustrated by more than 265 color images--portraits, manuscripts, drawings, maps, paintings, engravings, and a plethora of Franklin's possessions, from teacups to printing equipment.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Essays by Ellen R. Cohn, James N. Green, E. Philip Krider, Emma J. Lapsansky-Werner, J.A. Leo Lemay, Robert Middlekauff, Billy G. Smith, and Page Talbott."