Book of ages : the life and opinions of Jane Franklin / Jill Lepore.
"From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians, a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister and a history of history itself. Like her brother, Jane Franklin was a passionate reader, a gifted writer, and an astonishingly shrewd political commentator. Unlike him, she was a mother of twelve. Benjamin Franklin, who wrote more letters to his sister than he wrote to anyone else, was the original American self-made man; his sister spent her life caring for her children. They left very different traces behind. Making use of an amazing cache of little-studied material, including documents, objects, and portraits only just discovered, Jill Lepore brings Jane Franklin to life in a way that illuminates not only this one woman but an entire world--a world usually lost to history. Lepore's life of Jane Franklin, with its strikingly original vantage on her remarkable brother, is at once a wholly different account of the founding of the United States and one of the great untold stories of American history and letters: a life unknown." -- Publisher's description.
A revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister and a wholly different account of the founding of the United States.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307958341
- ISBN: 0307958345
- Physical Description: xiv, 442 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-417) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Jane : 1537-1727 -- Her book : 1727-1757 -- Letters : 1758-1775 -- History : 1775-1793 -- Remains : 1794- -- Appendices : Methods and sources ; A Franklin genealogy ; A Jane genealogy ; A calendar of the letters ; The editorial hand of Jared Sparks ; Jane's library ; A map of Jane's Boston.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | BIO FRA (Text) | 37810435107874 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
