| Benjamin Franklin Lib/E Contributor(s): Van Doren, Carl (Author), Cullen, Patrick (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1470814439 ISBN-13: 9781470814434 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing OUR PRICE: $144.00 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Political - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology |
| Dewey: B |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From his beginnings as a journalist at age sixteen to his retirement from public affairs at eighty-two, there was no break in Benjamin Franklin's activity and accomplishments. A writer, inventor, and statesman, he remains unsurpassed in the range of his natural gifts and the important uses to which he put them. In this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Carl Van Doren incorporates materials from Franklin's letters, manuscripts, journals, and published works to give the most accurate and comprehensive portrait ever written of this great American. |
Contributor Bio(s): Van Doren, Carl: - Carl Van Doren (1885-1950) was a critic and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois and, in 1911, a doctorate from Columbia University, where he went on to teach for nineteen years. Cullen, Patrick: -Patrick Cullen (a.k.a. John Lescault), a native of Massachusetts, is a graduate of the Catholic University of America. He lives in Washington, DC, where he works in theater. |