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Author	Green, James N.
Title	Benjamin Franklin : writer and printer / James N. Green, Peter Stallybrass.
Publication Info.	New Castle, Del. : Oak Knoll Press ; Philadelphia, Pa. : Library Company of Philadelphia, c2006.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 11 Oversize	655.1 G OVERSIZE	IN LIBRARY

Description	x, 179 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The printer as writer -- The printer as entrepreneur -- Job printing -- Benjamin Franklin, book publisher -- Plain truth: Franklin as writer, printer, speaker -- Inventing Poor Richard: proverbs and authorship -- From Poor Richard to The way of wealth: anonymity and authorship -- Making and remaking Benjamin Franklin: the "autobiography."
Subject	Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
	Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Knowledge -- Printing.
	Printers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography.
	Authors, American -- 18th century -- Biography.
	Early printed books -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 18th century -- Bibliography.
	Printing industry -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
	Authorship -- History -- 18th century.
Added Author	Stallybrass, Peter.
ISBN	1584561874 (Oak Knoll Press)
	9781584561873 (Oak Knoll Press)
	0712349383 (British Library)
	9780712349383 (British Library)

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