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Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
As author Cheryl Harness points out, no one could have thought up a more amazing character than the living, breathing Benjamin Franklin. He was everything from a "soap maker, candle dipper, and printer" to a "postmaster, political activist, community reformer, revolutionary, statesman, international diplomat, and first great citizen of a nation which he, as much or more than anyone, helped to create." Readers quickly learn that the story of this Founding...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of Washington Irving from meeting his namesake, George Washington, and through his years as a businessman, lawyer, traveler, and diplomat as well as his inspiration for "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."