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Quotations of Benjamin Franklin
Contributor(s): Franklin, Benjamin (Author)

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ISBN: 1557099383     ISBN-13: 9781557099389
Publisher: Applewood Books
OUR PRICE: $12.30  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: October 2003
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Annotation: Witty and wise commentary about money, life, and the events of the day from one of America's first bestselling authors. Featuring a portrait of the author on the front cover with his signature printed below in gold foil, this classic collection of Franklin quotes will inspire anyone who opens its covers.

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BISAC Categories:
- Reference | Quotations
Dewey: 973.309
Series: Quotations of Great Americans
Physical Information: 0.32" H x 4.2" W x 6.98" L (0.23 lbs) 32 pages
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This pocket-sized hardcover book contains nearly one hundred witty and wise quotations from one of America's first bestselling authors, Benjamin Franklin.

Contributor Bio(s): Franklin, Benjamin: - Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was one of America's most influential Founding Fathers. He was an author, printer, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, statesman, and diplomat. Franklin invented the lightning rod, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and bifocals. He served as President of Pennsylvania (which would be Governor today), United States Minister to France, United States Minister to Sweden, and United States Postmaster General. At 70, he was the oldest signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was a publisher; most famously of Poor Richard's Almanack, which was published from 1732 to 1757. He charted the Gulf Stream in 1770, developed meteorological theories, and, in a letter dated 1772, laid out the earliest known description of a Pro & Con list. Franklin played the violin, harp, and guitar, and was the first chess player known by name in the American colonies. He created one of the first volunteer firefighting companies in America, was instumental in the founding of the University of Pennsylvania, and founded the American Philosophical Society. Franklin biographer Walter Isaacson calls him "the most accomplished American of his age and the most influential in inventing the type of society America would become."
 
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