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Series
History pals volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When ten-year-old Nolan and his little sister, Olive, find Ben Franklin in their kitchen, they do their best to guide Ben through the new world he helped form.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
More than a powerful portrait of the people and purpose of the American Revolution, "Rise to Rebellion" is a fictionalized account of history's most pivotal events: The Boston Tea Party, the battle of Concord, and of Bunker Hill. The author of the bestselling "Gods and Generals" and "The Last Full Measure" reveals with new immediacy how philosophers became fighters and how a scattered group of colonies became the United States of America.
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
The leading mercenary for the British East India Company, Will Reynolds has just been double-crossed and now is on the run in the American Colonies. Working to redeem his name and win back the affections of the woman with whom he's never been fully truthful, Will now hides behind a new mask in hopes of thwarting his former employer. As his past life closes in on him, Will must somehow gain the trust and the help of his beloved Charlotte.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"From his early career as a printer and journalist, to his scientific work and his role as a founder of a new republic, Benjamin Franklin has always seemed the inevitable embodiment of American ingenuity. But in his youth he had to make his way through a harsh colonial world where he fought many battles: with his rivals, but also with his wayward emotions. Taking Franklin to the age of forty-one, when he made his first electrical discoveries, Bunker...
Author
Series
Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 12
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
[1962]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A jewel of musical history-- the story of Ben Franklin's favorite invention, the glass armonica-- including the composers who wrote for it (Mozart, Beethoven, Handel, among others); Dr. Mesmer who used it to hypnotize; Marie Antoinette and the women who popularized it; its decline and recent comeback"--Amazon.com.
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Ben Franklin loved to swim and, at the age of eleven, he was determined to swim like a fish; fins and all! This fascinating and lively account of young Ben's earliest invention follows the budding scientist's journey as he tests and retests his swim fins. That first big splash led him to even more innovations and inventions.
13) So said Ben
Author
Publisher
Creative Editions
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Introduces the life, opinions, and accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin through thirteen of the proverbs from his "Almanacks."
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 32
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Jack and Annie are whisked back in time by the magic tree house to meet Benjamin Franklin in Old Philadelphia"--
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Eric Weiner follows in the footsteps of Benjamin Franklin, mining his life for inspiring and practical lessons in a book that's part biography, part travelogue, part personal prescription"--
Ben Franklin lingers in our lives and in our imaginations. One of only two non-presidents to appear on US currency, Franklin was a founder, statesman, scientist, inventor, diplomat, publisher, humorist, and philosopher. He believed...
17) Newton's cannon
Author
Series
Age of unreason volume 1
Publisher
Ballantine Pub. Group
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
An alternate-history novel on a 17th century war in which France attacks England, using a comet. Scientist Isaac Newton joins forces with Benjamin Franklin to save England from destruction.
20) Ben Franklin
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Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Benjamin Franklin was known as a statesman and scientist, but what about before that? Find out what happened when Franklin was younger, and what he did that made him famous later on"--
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