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Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, and the Representation of American Culture


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English | 1993 | ISBN: 019507775X | 240 Pages | PDF | 14.4 MB
This interdisciplinary collection of comparative essays by distinguished historians and literary critics looks at aspects of the thought of Jonathan Edwards and Benjamin Franklin and considers the place of these two men in American culture.

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Searching for Franklin New Answers to the Great Arctic Mystery


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English | October 7th, 2023 | ISBN: 1771623683 | 360 pages | True EPUB | 31.33 MB
Arctic historian Ken McGoogan approaches the legacy of nineteenth-century explorer Sir John Franklin from a contemporary perspective and offers a surprising new explanation of an enduring Northern mystery.

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Benjamin Franklin The Religious Life of a Founding Father


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English | 2017 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B071YPMRFX | MP3@64 kbps | ~09:53:00 + PDF | 136 Mb
Renowned as a printer, scientist, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin also published more works on religious topics than any other 18th-century American layperson. Born to Boston Puritans, by his teenage years Franklin had abandoned the exclusive Christian faith of his family and embraced deism. But Franklin, as a man of faith, was far more complex than the "thorough deist" who emerges in his autobiography. As Thomas Kidd reveals, deist writers influenced Franklin’s beliefs, to be sure, but devout Christians in his life – including George Whitefield, the era’s greatest evangelical preacher; his parents; and his beloved sister Jane – kept him tethered to the Calvinist creed of his Puritan upbringing. Based on rigorous research into Franklin’s voluminous correspondence, essays, and almanacs, this fresh assessment of a well-known figure unpacks the contradictions and conundrums faith presented in Franklin’s life.

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Benjamin Franklin The Giants of Science Series, Book 7 [Audiobook]


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English | May 12, 2020 | ASIN: B082WNPPMR | MP3@128 kbps | 1h 59m | 109.4 MB
Author: Kathleen Krull
Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Sure, almost all kids know Benjamin Franklin as one of America’s Founding Fathers, a man with a hand in both the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution. And they may even have some vague idea that he once flew a kite during a lightning storm. What Kathleen Krull sets out to do in this very different biography is show Ben Franklin as the "natural philosopher" (the term for scientists back in the 1700s), whose experiments led to important discoveries about the nature of electricity – including his famous demonstration that electricity and lightning were one and the same.

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Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin [Audiobook] (2023)


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English | July 26, 2023 | ASIN: B0CCWBG554 | M4B@128 kbps | 5h 35m | 305 MB
Author: Benjamin Franklin | Narrator: Gregory T Luzitano
Despite his lack of wealth or power, Franklin’s exceptional genius and accomplishments make him the epitome of a self-made individual. Embark on a captivating and challenging journey through the life of Benjamin Franklin, as his life exemplifies the virtues, values, and spirit of the American man.

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