The life of Benjamin Franklin. Volume 1 : journalist 1706-1730 / J.A. Leo Lemay.
Representing a lifetime of research by the dean of Franklin scholars, this seven-volume biography will give enthusiasts and scholars an important resource for understanding Benjamin Franklin's character and place in American history. This first volume chronicles the early years of Franklin, fro...
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Part I: Boston: Youth, 1706-1723; Prologue: Quandary; One: Boston; Two: Child to Adolescent; Three: Printer's Devil; Four: Massachusetts Controversies, 1716-1723; Five: Nathaniel Gardner and the Couranteers; Six: James Franklin: America's First Newspaperman; Seven: Silence Dogood in Context; Eight: ''Saucy and Provoking'': Franklin Takes Charge; Nine: Assessing Franklin as a Youth, to Age Seventeen; Part II: Adrift: Age Seventeen to Twenty-four, 1723-1730; Ten: The Runaway; Eleven: The Water American: London Escapades.
- Twelve: At Sea, 1726Thirteen: Merchant to Master Printer, 1726-1728; Fourteen: The Junto; Fifteen: Business, 1728-1730, and ''Articles of Religion''; Sixteen: The Busy-Body; Seventeen: Paper Currency; Eighteen: Journalist; Nineteen: Assessing Franklin, Age Seventeen to Twenty-four; Appendix: New Attributions; Sources and Documentation; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Acknowledgments.