The Resource Benjamin Franklin's last bet : the favorite founder's divisive death, enduring afterlife, and blueprint for American prosperity, Michael Meyer
Benjamin Franklin's last bet : the favorite founder's divisive death, enduring afterlife, and blueprint for American prosperity, Michael Meyer
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The item Benjamin Franklin's last bet : the favorite founder's divisive death, enduring afterlife, and blueprint for American prosperity, Michael Meyer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 7 library branches.
- Summary
- "Benjamin Franklin was not a gambling man. But at the end of his illustrious life, the Founder allowed himself a final wager on the survival of the United States: a gift of two thousand pounds to Boston and Philadelphia, to be lent out to tradesmen over the next two centuries to jump-start their careers. Each loan would be repaid with interest over ten years. If all went according to Franklin's inventive scheme, the accrued final payout in 1991 would be a windfall. In Benjamin Franklin's Last Bet, Michael Meyer traces the evolution of these twin funds as they age alongside America itself, bankrolling woodworkers and silversmiths, trade schools and space races. Over time, Franklin's wager was misused, neglected, and contested--but never wholly extinguished"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxiii, 338 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: All about the Benjamins
- Act I: Death, 1789-1791
- "My earnest desire to be useful"
- The foundation of his fortune
- Franklin's Inheritors
- The morals of chess
- Act II: Afterlife, 1791-1904
- Dr. Franklin's Legacy
- "A name that will disappear with him"
- Boston: Grubby boys and Angel Fish
- Philadelphia: Anybody could have done it
- They rowed. And also they rowed.
- Act III: Rebirth, 1904 and beyond
- "My teacher, Franklin"
- Turning the tap
- "We finally got it away from those bastards"
- Benjamin Franklin's return
- Isbn
- 9781328568892
- Label
- Benjamin Franklin's last bet : the favorite founder's divisive death, enduring afterlife, and blueprint for American prosperity
- Title
- Benjamin Franklin's last bet
- Title remainder
- the favorite founder's divisive death, enduring afterlife, and blueprint for American prosperity
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Meyer
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Benjamin Franklin was not a gambling man. But at the end of his illustrious life, the Founder allowed himself a final wager on the survival of the United States: a gift of two thousand pounds to Boston and Philadelphia, to be lent out to tradesmen over the next two centuries to jump-start their careers. Each loan would be repaid with interest over ten years. If all went according to Franklin's inventive scheme, the accrued final payout in 1991 would be a windfall. In Benjamin Franklin's Last Bet, Michael Meyer traces the evolution of these twin funds as they age alongside America itself, bankrolling woodworkers and silversmiths, trade schools and space races. Over time, Franklin's wager was misused, neglected, and contested--but never wholly extinguished"--
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- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- NjBwBT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1972-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Meyer, Michael
- Dewey number
- 973.3092
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
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- E302.6.F8
- E302.6.F8
- LC item number
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- M55
- M57
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Franklin, Benjamin
- Legacies
- Endowments
- Working class
- Working class
- Label
- Benjamin Franklin's last bet : the favorite founder's divisive death, enduring afterlife, and blueprint for American prosperity, Michael Meyer
- Bar code
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- 31223145018744
- 31223145018769
- 31223145018777
- 31223145018751
- 31223145018801
- 31223145018793
- 31223145018785
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-317) and index
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- Contents
- Introduction: All about the Benjamins -- Act I: Death, 1789-1791 -- "My earnest desire to be useful" -- The foundation of his fortune -- Franklin's Inheritors -- The morals of chess -- Act II: Afterlife, 1791-1904 -- Dr. Franklin's Legacy -- "A name that will disappear with him" -- Boston: Grubby boys and Angel Fish -- Philadelphia: Anybody could have done it -- They rowed. And also they rowed. -- Act III: Rebirth, 1904 and beyond -- "My teacher, Franklin" -- Turning the tap -- "We finally got it away from those bastards" -- Benjamin Franklin's return
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxiii, 338 pages
- Isbn
- 9781328568892
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1308983336
- Label
- Benjamin Franklin's last bet : the favorite founder's divisive death, enduring afterlife, and blueprint for American prosperity, Michael Meyer
- Bar code
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- 31223145018744
- 31223145018769
- 31223145018777
- 31223145018751
- 31223145018801
- 31223145018793
- 31223145018785
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-317) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: All about the Benjamins -- Act I: Death, 1789-1791 -- "My earnest desire to be useful" -- The foundation of his fortune -- Franklin's Inheritors -- The morals of chess -- Act II: Afterlife, 1791-1904 -- Dr. Franklin's Legacy -- "A name that will disappear with him" -- Boston: Grubby boys and Angel Fish -- Philadelphia: Anybody could have done it -- They rowed. And also they rowed. -- Act III: Rebirth, 1904 and beyond -- "My teacher, Franklin" -- Turning the tap -- "We finally got it away from those bastards" -- Benjamin Franklin's return
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxiii, 338 pages
- Isbn
- 9781328568892
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1308983336
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