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Benjamin Franklin

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790) was a printer, writer, inventor, scientist, diplomat, and statesman. JILL LEPORE is the David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her books include Book of Ages, a finalist for the National Book Award; New York Burning, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; The Name of War, winner of the Bancroft Prize; The Mansion of Happiness, which was short-listed for the 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction; and The Secret History of Wonder Woman. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The Autobiography and Other Writings
The Autobiography and Other Writings
The Portable Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography and Other Writings

Books

The Autobiography and Other Writings
The Autobiography and Other Writings
The Portable Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography and Other Writings

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