Benjamin Franklin (inbunden)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
608
Utgivningsdatum
2004-08-01
Upplaga
New ed
Förlag
Simon & Schuster
Illustratör/Fotograf
16pp 4-c insert
Illustrationer
16pp 4-c insert
Dimensioner
235 x 160 x 39 mm
Vikt
800 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780743258074

Benjamin Franklin

An American Life

av Walter Isaacson
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Häftad,  Engelska, 2004-08-01
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During his 84-year life Benjamin Franklin was America's best scientist, inventor, publisher, business strategist, diplomat, and writer. He was also one of its most practical political thinkers. America's first great publicist, he carefully crafted his own persona, portrayed it in public and polished it for posterity. In this riveting new biography Walter Isaacson provides readers with a full portrait of Franklin's public and private life - his loyal but neglected wife, his bastard son with whom he broke over going to war with England, his endless replacement families and his many amorous, but probably unconsummated, liaisons. But this is not just a biography of Benjamin Franklin but rather a fascinating look at American and European political history at that time. Isaacson examines the run up to the Revolutionary War, the intimate relations between Britain, France and the colonies and the decisive events that led to America's independence. Just as David McCullough brought life to the historic figure of John Adams, Isaacson portrays Franklin in the flesh, showing readers how this radical man helped define America's national character and personality.
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    Dr MiRa, 23 mars 2015

    En välskriven och personlig beskrivning av en intressant människa. Dr Franklin var en mångfacetterad person som här beskrivs på ett sätt som känns objektivt och balanserat.

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The Washington Post Book World The most readable full-length Franklin biography available. The New Yorker Energetic, entertaining, and worldly. The New York Times In its common sense, clarity and accessibility, it is a fitting reflection of Franklin's sly pragmatism....This may be the book that most powerfully drives a new pendulum swing of the Franklin reputation. The New York Times Book Review A thoroughly researched, crisply written, convincingly argued chronicle.

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Walter Isaacson is the bestselling author of biographies of Jennifer Doudna, Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, and Albert Einstein. He is a professor of history at Tulane and was CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor of Time. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2023. Visit him at Isaacson.Tulane.edu.

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CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE Benjamin Franklin and the Invention of America CHAPTER TWO Pilgrim's Progress: Boston, 1706-1723 CHAPTER THREE Journeyman: Philadelphia and London, 1723-1726 CHAPTER FOUR Printer: Philadelphia, 1726-1732 CHAPTER FIVE Public Citizen: Philadelphia, 1731-1748 CHAPTER SIX Scientist and Inventor: Philadelphia, 1744-1751 CHAPTER SEVEN Politician: Philadelphia, 1749-1756 CHAPTER EIGHT Troubled Waters: London, 1757-1762 CHAPTER NINE Home Leave: Philadelphia, 1763-1764 CHAPTER TEN Agent Provocateur: London, 1765-1770 CHAPTER ELEVEN Rebel: London, 1771-1775 CHAPTER TWELVE Independence: Philadelphia, 1775-1776 CHAPTER THIRTEEN Courtier: Paris, 1776-1778 CHAPTER FOURTEEN Bon Vivant: Paris, 1778-1785 CHAPTER FIFTEEN Peacemaker: Paris, 1778-1785 CHAPTER SIXTEEN Sage: Philadelphia, 1785-1790 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Epilogue CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Conclusions Cast of Characters Chronology Currency Conversions Acknowledgments Sources and Abbreviations Notes Index

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