Benjamin Franklin

Informationen zum Autor Edmund S. Morgan (1916-2013) was Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University. He wrote more than a dozen books including Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America, which won the Bancroft Prize, and American Slavery, American Freedom, which won the Francis Parkman Prize and the Albert J. Beveridge Award. Cited as "one of America's most distinguished historians," Morgan was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2000; in 2006, he received a special Pulitzer Prize "for a creative and deeply influential body of work as an American historian that spans the last half century." Klappentext Chosen as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review and as a best book for 2002 by the Los Angeles Times Book Review, Washington Post Book World, and Publishers Weekly. A finalist for the 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award in biography. The greatest statesman of his age, Benjamin Franklin was also a pioneering scientist, a successful author, the first American postmaster general, a printer, a bon vivant. In addition, he was a man of vast contradictions. This bestselling biography by one of our greatest historians offers a compact and provocative new portrait of America's most extraordinary patriot. Zusammenfassung The greatest statesman of his age! Benjamin Franklin was also a pioneering scientist! a successful author! the first American postmaster general! a printer and a bon vivant. This biography offers a compact and provocative portrait of America's most extraordinary patriot.

Product details

• Authors: Edmund Morgan, Edmund S Morgan, Edmund S. Morgan, Morgan Edmund S.
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2003
• EAN: 9780300101621
• ISBN: 978-0-300-10162-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Yale Nota Bene S; Nota bene; Yale Nota Bene S
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Biographien (div.), Franklin, Benjamin, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, United States of America, USA, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, Biography: historical, political and military, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599