LEADER 00000cam 22004698a 4500 001 ocm57002721 003 OCoLC 005 20200629173826.0 008 041029s2006 nyua j b 000 0beng 010 2004063204 020 0374306699 024 30 9780374306694 035 647830 040 DLC|cDLC|dBAKER|dXY4|dUtOrBLW|erda 043 n-us--- 092 |fJ|aBIO|bFRANKLIN 100 1 Dash, Joan. 245 12 A dangerous engine :|bBenjamin Franklin, from scientist to diplomat /|cJoan Dash ; pictures by Dusan Petricic. 250 First edition. 264 1 New York :|bFrances Foster Books,|c2006. 300 246 pages :|billustrations ;|c21 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 500 Accelerated Reader MG|c8.8|d9|z104048 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-240) and index. 520 At the time of his famous kite experiment, Benjamin Franklin was unaware that his theories about electricity had already made him a celebrity all over Europe, especially in France, where fashionable circles loved to discuss scientific discovery. Admired by the French court and beloved by French citizens, Franklin effectively became America's first foreign diplomat, later helping to enlist France's military and financial support for the American Revolution. A father of the revolution and a signer of the Constitution, Franklin was a lightning rod in political circles - "a dangerous Engine," according to a critic. And although he devoted the last twenty-five years of his life to affairs of state, his first love was always science. Handsome pen-and-ink drawings highlight moments in this revolutionary thinker's life. 526 0 Accelerated Reader|bMG|c8.8|d9|z104048 600 10 Franklin, Benjamin,|d1706-1790|vJuvenile literature. 650 0 Statesmen|vBiography|vJuvenile literature. 650 0 Scientists|vBiography|vJuvenile literature. 650 0 Inventors|vBiography|vJuvenile literature. 650 0 Printers|vBiography|vJuvenile literature. 651 0 United States|xForeign relations|y1775-1783|vJuvenile literature. 655 7 Biographies.|2lcgft 700 1 Petričić, Dušan,|eillstrator.
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