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Book of Ages

The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin

Book of Ages( )
Author: Lepore, Jill
ISBN:978-0-307-95834-1
Publication Date:Oct 2013
Publisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint:Knopf
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $27.95
Book Description:

National Book Award Finalist From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians, a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister and a history of history itself. Like her brother, Jane Franklin was a passionate reader, a gifted writer, and an astonishingly shrewd political commentator. Unlike him, she was a mother of twelve. Benjamin Franklin, who wrote more letters to his sister than he wrote to anyone else, was the...
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Book Details
Pages:464
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Historical
Social Science / Women's Studies
Biography & Autobiography / Women
Biography & Autobiography / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.65 x 9.56 x 1.39 Inches
Book Weight:1.772 Pounds
Author Biography
Lepore, Jill (Author)
Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker. She has written several books including Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin, The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party's Revolution and the Battle over American History, The Secret History of Wonder Woman, Joe Gould's Teeth, and These Truths: A History of the United States.

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