Book of ages : the life and opinions of Jane Franklin / Jill Lepore.
Tipo de material: TextoDetalles de publicación: New York : Vintage Books, 2013Edición: First EditionDescripción: xiv, 442 pages : ill., map ; 19 cmISBN: 9780307948830; 0307958345Tema(s): Mecom, Jane, 1712-1794 | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 18th century | Boston (Mass.) -- BiographyResumen: A revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister and a wholly different account of the founding of the United States.Resumen: "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.Tipo de ítem | Biblioteca actual | Colección | Signatura | Copia número | Estado | Fecha de vencimiento | Código de barras |
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Libros | CID-Babeque Biografía | Colección General | 929 Franklin, Jane (Navegar estantería (Abre debajo)) | e.1 | Disponible | 14052 |
A revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister and a wholly different account of the founding of the United States.
"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.
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