The Life of Benjamin Franklin. / Volume 2, : The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 2 ; Printer and Publisher, 173-1747 / / J. A. Leo Lemay.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Lemay, J. A. Leo,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: The Life of Benjamin Franklin ; Volume 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (664 p.) :; 40 illus.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Preface --; Part I: A New Life, Age 24 to 30 (1730-1736) --; One. Personal and Business Life --; Two. The Art of Virtue --; Three. Freemason --; Four. The Library Company of Philadelphia --; Five. Man of Letters --; Six. Politics, Religion, and the Rivalry with Bradford 1732 --; Seven. Poor Richard's Prefaces 1733-1747 --; Eight. Poor Richard's Proverbs --; Nine. Franklin and Politics 1730-1736 --; Ten. The Hemphill Controversy --; Eleven. Assessing Franklin as a Young Man, Age 24 to 30 --; Part II: Expanding Personal Interests, Age 30 through 41 (1736-1747) --; Twelve. Personal Life --; Thirteen. The Assembly Clerk and Pennsylvania Politics --; Fourteen. Firefighter --; Fifteen. Earning a Living: Printer, Publisher, Merchant, Bookseller, and Postmaster --; Sixteen. Concerned Citizen --; Seventeen. George Whitefield and the Great Awakening --; Eighteen. Natural Philosophy --; Nineteen. Satires and Other Writings 1736-1747 --; Twenty. Assessing Franklin, Age 30 through 41 --; Appendices --; Appendix 1. New Attributions --; Appendix 2. Franklin's Organizations: Dates and Locations of Meetings, 1727-1747 --; Appendix 3. Pennsylvania Assembly: Pay to Franklin --; Appendix 4. Sample Wages and Prices in Colonial Philadelphia --; Sources, Documentation, Dates --; Abbreviated References --; Notes --; Index --; Acknowledgments
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780812209297; 9783110459548
• DOI: 10.9783/9780812209297
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: J. A. Leo Lemay.

Named "one of the best books of 2006" by The New York SunDescribed by Carl Van Doren as "a harmonious human multitude," Benjamin Franklin was the most famous American of his time, of perhaps any time. His life and careers were so varied and successful that he remains, even today, the epitome of the self-made man. Born into a humble tradesman's family, this adaptable genius rose to become an architect of the world's first democracy, a leading light in Enlightenment science, and a major creator of what has come to be known as the American character. Journalist, musician, politician, scientist, humorist, inventor, civic leader, printer, writer, publisher, businessman, founding father, philosopher, Franklin is a touchstone for America's egalitarianism.Volume 2 takes Franklin from his marriage in 1730 to his retirement as a printer at the beginning of 1748, examining the mysteries of the illegitimate William Franklin's birth and mother and Franklin's increasing civic activities-starting the Library Company in Philadelphia in 1731, forming Pennsylvania's first volunteer fire company, and becoming an advocate for a clean Philadelphia environment. J. A. Leo Lemay assesses Franklin's numerous writings, attributing to him for the first time a deistic Indian speech, remarking on his use of the second African American persona in journalism, and analyzing his publishing sensation of 1747, The Speech of Miss Polly Baker. These belletristic works are complemented by Franklin's religious, political, and scientific writings, which he produced prodigiously.