Book of ages : the life and opinions of Jane Franklin

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Book of ages : the life and opinions of Jane Franklin

Title remainder

the life and opinions of Jane Franklin

Statement of responsibility

Jill Lepore

Creator

• Lepore, Jill, 1966-
• trueLepore, Jill, 1966-

Subject

• true18th century -- 1701 -- 1800
• trueBiographies
• Boston (Mass.) -- Biography
• trueBoston, Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century
• trueBrothers and sisters
• Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
• trueFranklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
• trueHistory Writing -- Women's history
• trueLetter writing
• trueLife stories -- People in history
• trueMecom, Jane, 1712-1794
• Mecom, Jane, 1712-1794
• trueWomen -- United States -- Social conditions -- 18th century

Genre

• trueBiographies
• trueBiography
• trueHistory Writing
• trueLife stories

Language

eng

Summary

• A revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister and a wholly different account of the founding of the United States
• "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 original American self-made man; his sister spent her life caring for her children. They left very different traces behind. Making use of an amazing cache of little-studied material, including documents, objects, and portraits only just discovered, Jill Lepore brings Jane Franklin to life in a way that illuminates not only this one woman but an entire world--a world usually lost to history. Lepore's life of Jane Franklin, with its strikingly original vantage on her remarkable brother, is at once a wholly different account of the founding of the United States and one of the great untold stories of American history and letters: a life unknown." -- Publisher's description

Writing style

• trueEngaging

Award

• Booklist Editors' Choice, 2013.
• Mark Lynton History Prize, 2014.
• New York Times Notable Book, 2013

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 973.3092
• B

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

E302.6.F8

LC item number

L427 2013

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult