Freedman, Russell.

Summary: An introduction to the life of young Benjamin Franklin describes how, as a rebellious teen in 1732, he ran away from his family and a Boston apprenticeship to Philadelphia, and how throughout subsequent decades he rose to become a distinguished statesman, renowned author and world-famous scientist.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRA

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB FRANKLIN FRE

Brands, H. W.

Summary: A complete biography of the statesman and scientist, Benjamin Franklin.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US Brands

Summary: Ken Burns's two-part, four-hour documentary explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century's most complex and consequential figures, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2022

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BEN

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC BEN

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BEN

Isaacson, Walter.

Summary: Traces the life of Benjamin Franklin, from his days as a runaway printer to his triumphs as a statesman, inventor, and founding father. Chronicles his tumultuous relationship with his illegitimate son and grandson, his practical marriage, and his flirtations with the ladies of Paris.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2003

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN ISA

Isaacson, Walter.

Summary: Chronicles the founding father's life and his multiple careers as a shopkeeper, writer, inventor, media baron, scientist, diplomat, business strategist, and political leader, while showing how his faith in the wisdom of the common citizen helped to forge an American national identity based on the virtues of its middle class.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2003

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: 921 FRA

Morgan, Edmund Sears.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 FRA

Franklin, Benjamin

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US Franklin

Srodes, James.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Pub. 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRA

Wood, Gordon S.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge Audio 2004

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN Wood