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Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of flesh rather than marble. In this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson shows how the most fascinating of America's founders helped national character. In a sweeping narrative that follows Franklin's life from Boston to Philadelphia, to London and Paris and back, Isaacson chronicles the adventures of the spunky runaway apprentice who became,...

"From the incomparable New York Times and New Yorker illustrator Tamara Shopsin, a debut novel about a NYC printer repair technician who comes of age alongside the Apple computer-featuring original artistic designs by the author."-- Provided by publisher.

Story dealing with Lincoln's Gettysburg speech.

Passing his time reading books and hanging out with fellow locals in his ramshackle Atlanta community, forty-something African-American Barlowe witnesses tensions between his neighbors and white newcomers who are promoting redevelopment efforts.

Presents a comprehensive look into the life and reputation of American patriot, statesman, and inventor, Benjamin Franklin during the early days of the American Revolution, and examines the impact he had on both American and French society.

Introduces the life and accomplishments of the statesman, scientist, inventor, and Founding Father of the United States.

In graphic novel format, tells the story of Johann Gutenberg and the invention of the printing press.

Historian H.W. Brands' acclaimed, comprehensive biography of Ben Franklin—the first in over 60 years—made the New York Times best-seller list, was a main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, and earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination. The New Yorker hails, "Like its subject, this biography is both solid and enchanting." Many consider Franklin the most fascinating American man who ever lived. A scientist, businessman, diplomat, author,...

Describes the life and notable accomplishments of the eighteenth-century American printer, statesman, writer, and inventor.

In 1647, Lucy Wentor flees her father's home after being attacked by soldiers during the Civil War, hoping to start her life over with her uncle and aunt in London, and takes a postition as an assistant in a print shop known for printing seditious literature.