Benjamin Franklin The Great American

American Footprints in the Old Country (Benjamin Franklin)

Date August 4, 2008

American Footprints in the Old Country
England is dotted with both large and small tributes to American history and culture. No need to feel homesick here.
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Poor Richard’s Almanack
Poor Richard's Almanack

Benjamin Franklin’s classic book is full of timeless, thought-provoking insights that are as valuable today as they were over two centuries ago. With more than 700 pithy proverbs, Franklin lays out the rules everyone should live by and offers advice on such subjects as money, friendship, marriage, ethics, and human nature. They range from the famous “A penny saved is a penny earned” to the lesser-known but equally practical “When the wine enters, out goes the truth.” Other truisms like “Fish and visitors stink after three days” combine sharp wit with wisdom. Paul Volcker’s new introduction offers a fascinating perspective on Franklin’s beloved work.

Author: Benjamin Franklin
Hardcover:  144 pages
Company: Skyhorse Publishing  (2007-11)
ISBN: 1602391173
List Price: $9.95
Amazon Price: $5.72
Used Price: $12.17

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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin <b>Franklin</b>” align=”left” style=”margin-right: 15px;” /> An intuitive understanding of the things children love to know, combined with the d’Aulaire’s extraordinary artistic ability make this book on the life of one of America’s most beloved founders a perennial classic. Folk art style illustrations are enhanced with pert aphorisms from Poor Richard’s Almanac on each page. Readers will learn that Benjamin was the youngest of seventeen children “all counted” and that “it was a piece of luck that his kite experiment had not killed him.” They will also come to know the inventor whose thirst for knowledge led him to constantly seek to improve the lives of his fellow men. Readers will follow his life as a leader in the American Revolution and ambassador to both Britain and France and learn why the French hailed him as the man who “tore the lightening from the sky and the scepter from tyrants.”</p> <p> <b>Author:</b> Ingri D’Aulaire <br /> <b>Paperback:</b>  48 pages <br /> <b>Company:</b> Beautiful Feet Bks  (1998-11-01) <br /> <b>ISBN:</b> 0964380390<br /> <b>List Price:</b> $13.95<br /> <b>Amazon Price:</b> $13.84</p> <p><i>Source: www.amazon.com</i></p> <p><b>Nonfiction Chronicle </b><br />New books by Philip Dray, Ray Moynihan and Alan Cassels, John Hope <b>Franklin</b> and Loren Schweninger, Brian Murphy and Jesse Helms. <br /><i>Source: www.nytimes.com</i></p> <p><b>Religious Intent </b><br /><a target=A Christian America? A secular America? Steven Waldman argues the founders had in mind something else entirely.
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