Mentor: Benjamin Franklin

by Albert Bushnell Hart

14 chapters1h 17mEnglish1918

About this book

This is Vol. 6, No. 7, Serial No. 155 of The Mentor, published May 15, 1918. Benjamin Franklin was one of the leading figures of the 18th century and a founding father of the United States. His interests and accomplishments were broad and varied. Franklin is known as a brilliant inventor and a leading author, politician, diplomat, scientist, postmaster, and an influential printer in Philadelphia. These short vignettes for The Mentor magazine cover many of aspects of Franklin’s amazing life and career. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Chapters (14)

1The Whistle

250

2Benjamin Franklin - His Life

392

3Benjamin Franklin - The Man

443

4Benjamin Franklin - As Politician and Diplomat

282

5Benjamin Franklin - As Scientist

415

6Benjamin Franklin - As Man of Letters

386

7Benjamin Franklin - As Printer

440

8Franklin in Massachusetts

208

9Franklin as a Pennsylvanian - Part I

446

10Franklin as a Pennsylvanian - Part II

350

11Franklin in the Revolution, Franklin as a Diplomat

325

12Franklin in the Federal Convention

235

13The Open Letter

338

14Daylight Saving Franklin's Idea

150

Mentor: Benjamin Franklin

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Chapters (14)

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