Article: Big Ben.(book on Benjamin Franklin)
New Criterion;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Edmund Sears Morgan Benjamin Franklin. Yale University Press, 368...Madison a shadowy dreamer. Only Benjamin Franklin was already famous by the time...thing was even dreamed of. Benjamin Franklin crammed into his long life...

Article: The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin.(Book review)
The Historian;  September 22, 2005 ;     507 words ...The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin. By Gordon S. Wood. (New...praised. His new book on Benjamin Franklin is no less worthy of recognition...virtually every aspect of Franklin's life and is arguably the best short biography of Franklin to date. It is characterized...style and ...

Article: Words of wisdom.(write stuff)(Benjamin Franklin)
Writing!;  January 1, 2006 ;     542 words ......marks the 300th birthday of Benjamin Franklin. Best known and remembered...circulating library (1732), Benjamin Franklin made many marks on the written...RESOURCES * The PBS documentary Benjamin Franklin and its accompanying Web site...

Article: Philadelphia's Most Famous Citizen.(Benjamin Franklin)(Brief Article)
Information Outlook;  March 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......except for Rocky Balboa, is Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). If Franklin were...Leader Franklin Raps Religion. Benjamin Franklin admits authorship of a pamphlet...Pennsylvania Assembly rejected Benjamin Franklin's proposed change to the Declaration...

Article: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: CHAMPION OF GENERIC RELIGION.
The Historian;  June 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ......had little use for Benjamin Franklin, intended no compliment when he observed of Franklin's religious views that...still with us, for Benjamin Franklin liked to keep people...controversial today. Franklin would find it highly...

Article: Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network: Disseminating Virtue in Early America.(Book review)
The Historian;  December 22, 2007 ;     652 words ...Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network: Disseminating Virtue...the three hundredth anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's birth. Not surprisingly, the year...assortment. His book is not a history of Franklin's career as a printer or a journalist...

Article: "Art is long, and ... Time is short": Benjamin Franklin's views on the visual arts.(Biography)
The Magazine Antiques;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......probably not make the shortlist of Benjamin Franklin's preoccupations, and he would...Skimming through the Papers of Benjamin Franklin, one of the most fascinating...his seven-year-old grandson Benjamin Franklin (Benny) Bache accompanied Franklin...

Article: Tucker, Tom. Bolt of fate; Benjamin Franklin and his electric kite hoax.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Kliatt;  September 1, 2005 ;     306 words ...TUCKER, Tom. Bolt of fate; Benjamin Franklin and his electric kite hoax...Based on his research into Franklin's scientific studies and...Walter Isaacson, the author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, disagrees with Tucker's dismissal of Franklin's work, as do others. Tucker...

Article: Benjamin Franklin Unmasked: On the Unity of His Moral, Religious, and Political Thought.(Book review)
The Historian;  June 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Benjamin Franklin Unmasked: On the Unity of...time unpacking his thesis: Franklin was a genius full of contradiction...teem with deceit. To unmask Franklin's moral, religious, and...credo that philosophers like Franklin did not write what they...

Article: James N. Green and Peter Stallybrass. Benjamin Franklin: Writer and Printer.(Book review)
Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada;  March 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Green and Peter Stallybrass. Benjamin Franklin: Writer and Printer. New Castle...The tercentenary in 2006 of Benjamin Franklin's birth was the cause of much...twenty-five), it is fitting that Benjamin Franklin: Writer and Printer began as...

Article: Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Dictionary of American History;      352 words ...AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, one of the foundational texts of American literature...to the private individual. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin achieves its goal of providing a model for successive...

Article: Benjamin Franklin.(Book Review)
The Historian;  June 22, 2004 ;     514 words ...Benjamin Franklin. By Edmund S. Morgan. (New Haven and...a more appropriate title might be Benjamin Franklin and the Founding of a Nation. Although...historian. In spite of its minor flaws, Benjamin Franklin is highly recommended and a must-read...

Article: Benjamin Franklin
Encyclopedia of World Biography;      700+ words ...Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was a leader of America's Revolutionary generation...heritage, Enlightenment philosophy, and the New World environment. Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston into a pious Puritan household. His forebears...

Article: Benjamin Franklin: an American Life.(Book Review)
Parameters;  September 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Benjamin Franklin: An American Life. By Walter Isaacson...events. In this vein, Walter Isaacson's Benjamin Franklin: An American Life delineates Franklin...conveys the debt which this nation owes Benjamin Franklin. Keeping with this theme, the book...