Poor Richard, 1733 an Almanack: For the Year of Christ 1733 by Saunders, Richard
Poor Richard, 1733 an Almanack: For the Year of Christ 1733 by Saunders, Richard

Poor Richard, 1733 an Almanack: For the Year of Christ 1733

Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack was first published in 1733. Facing heavy competition from similar publications, Franklin...
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Poor Richard, 1733 an Almanack: For the Year of Christ 1733 by Saunders, Richard

Poor Richard, 1733 an Almanack: For the Year of Christ 1733

$118.81
Poor Richard, 1733 an Almanack: For the Year of Christ 1733 by Saunders, Richard

Poor Richard, 1733 an Almanack: For the Year of Christ 1733

$118.81
Author: Richard Saunders
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack was first published in 1733. Facing heavy competition from similar publications, Franklin took the unusual and controversial approach of injecting witty, unexpected entries between standard tables of tides, planetary motion, weather predictions and other facts. In the debut edition, faithfully reproduced here, he included under the heading Principal Kings of Europe, "Poor Richard, an American Prince, without subjects, his wife being Viceroy over him, born October 23, 1684, age 49." The Almanack went on to become the most popular book of it's kind in colonial America and was published annually for the next 25 years. This facsimile offers a unique and entertaining look at 18th century American life and humor.

This facsimile edition of the original Poor Richard's Almanack, representing the first year of its publication, offers a unique view into the lives and thoughts of Americans who came almost three centuries before us. This book will be offered in an affordable format, so that it can be made available for historians of all ages.



Author: Richard Saunders, Benjamin Franklin
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 05/02/2017
Pages: 28
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.06lbs
Size: 6.36h x 4.02w x 0.13d
ISBN: 9781557095671

About the Author
Franklin, Benjamin: - Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was one of America's most influential Founding Fathers. He was an author, printer, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, statesman, and diplomat. Franklin invented the lightning rod, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and bifocals. He served as President of Pennsylvania (which would be Governor today), United States Minister to France, United States Minister to Sweden, and United States Postmaster General. At 70, he was the oldest signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was a publisher; most famously of Poor Richard's Almanack, which was published from 1732 to 1757. He charted the Gulf Stream in 1770, developed meteorological theories, and, in a letter dated 1772, laid out the earliest known description of a Pro & Con list. Franklin played the violin, harp, and guitar, and was the first chess player known by name in the American colonies. He created one of the first volunteer firefighting companies in America, was instumental in the founding of the University of Pennsylvania, and founded the American Philosophical Society. Franklin biographer Walter Isaacson calls him the most accomplished American of his age and the most influential in inventing the type of society America would become.

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