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 hist…
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 hist…
A portrait of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister, Jane, reveals how she was, like her brother, a passionate reader, gifted writer, and shrewd political commentator who made insightful observations about early America.
A revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister and a wholly different account of the founding of the United States.
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 astonishin…
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 hist…
"An entertaining and well-illustrated anecdotal survey of 'vice' and efforts to control it in mid- and late 19th century Boston" (The Boston Guardian). Victorian Boston was more than just stately brownstones and elite society that graced neighborhoods like Beacon Hill. As the po…
by Chin, Tung Pok, Chin, Winifred C.
fromAsian American history and culture
"In this memoir, Tung Pok Chin casts light on the largely hidden experience of those Chinese who immigrated to this country with false documents during the Exclusion era. Although scholars have pieced together their history, first-person accounts are rare and fragmented; many of…
by Chin, Tung Pok, Chin, Winifred C.
fromAsian American history and culture
"In this memoir, Tung Pok Chin casts light on the largely hidden experience of those Chinese who immigrated to this country with false documents during the Exclusion era. Although scholars have pieced together their history, first-person accounts are rare and fragmented; many of…
John Nelson was an entrepreneur born in the mid-seventeenth century--a man, in Richard Johnson's words, ""operating ahead of the government and settled society from which he came, "" who ""responded to conventions and conditions derived from several different and often competing…
John Nelson was an entrepreneur born in the mid-seventeenth century--a man, in Richard Johnson's words, "operating ahead of the government and settled society from which he came," who "responded to conventions and conditions derived from several different and often competing cul…
John Nelson was an entrepreneur born in the mid-seventeenth century--a man, in Richard Johnson's words, "operating ahead of the government and settled society from which he came," who "responded to conventions and conditions derived from several different and often competing cul…
