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COPYRIGHT 2005 Society for the Advancement of Education
FRANKLIN ON FRANKLIN EDITED BY PAUL M. ZALL UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY 2005, 318 PAGES, $18.00
His round face and balding pate adorn the $100 bill. He was the inventor of the lightning rod, and a petitioner for the turkey, instead of the eagle, as our national bird. He also was a printer and newspaper editor and, at a critical period of time in the country's quest for independence, one of our most important diplomats. Spending years in England and France, he persuaded the latter to help us in our Revolution. During his lifetime, he...
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