is the subject of the 1st floor display highlighting the 1938 book, Benjamin Franklin in Scotland and Ireland, 1759 and 1771, written by J. Bennett Nolan.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Franklin's Travels in Scotland and Ireland
is the subject of the 1st floor display highlighting the 1938 book, Benjamin Franklin in Scotland and Ireland, 1759 and 1771, written by J. Bennett Nolan.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Dr. Franklin and Music
as described by J. Bennett Nolan in his book General Benjamin Franklin The quotation is displayed on the library's 3rd level to near the NEH/ALA exhibit: Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World
"General" Benjamin Franklin
First Floor display literally showcases charming 1936 monograph of the same title by J. Bennett Nolan, subtitled "the military career of a philospher, and referenced by Carl Van Doren in his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Benjamin Franklin.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
The World through Ben's Bifocals
has been chosen by Dr. Ralph Lerner as the title for his keynote speech at the opening reception for the "Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World" Exhibition at the Niles (IL) Public Library on Sunday, October 19th, at 2 p.m.
Dr. Lerner is the Benjamin Franklin Professor Emeritus in the College and of the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago.
He is the co-editor of The Founders' Constitution, ed. with Philip B. Kurland (1987),
The Thinking Revolutionary: Principle and Practice in the New Republic (1987), and
Revolutions Revisited: Two Faces of the Politics of Enlightenment (1994)
Thursday, August 28, 2008
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