The Resource Benjamin Franklin's humor, by Paul M. Zall
Benjamin Franklin's humor, by Paul M. Zall
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The item Benjamin Franklin's humor, by Paul M. Zall represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Summary
- Humor is sometimes a serious business, especially the humor of Benjamin Franklin, a master at revealing the human condition through comedy. For the country's bicentennial, Reader's Digest named Franklin "Man of the Year" for embodying the characteristics we admire most about ourselves as Americans-humor, irony, energy, and fresh insight. Recreating Franklin's words in the way that his contemporaries would have read and understood them, Paul M. Zall chronicles Franklin's use (and abuse) of humor for commercial, diplomatic, and political purposes. Dedicated to the uniquely appealing and endurin
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 186 pages)
- Contents
-
- Silence Dogood, 1722-1723
- Paragraphs in Philadelphia, 1729-1735
- Philadelphia's Poor Richard, 1733-1748
- Philadelphia comic relief, 1748-1757
- Making friends overseas, 1757-1774
- Losing London, 1773-1776
- Seducing Paris, 1776-1782
- Comic release, 1783-1785
- Revising past and future, 1786-1790
- Isbn
- 9781283232913
- Label
- Benjamin Franklin's humor
- Title
- Benjamin Franklin's humor
- Statement of responsibility
- by Paul M. Zall
- Subject
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- American wit and humor
- Biography
- Electronic books
- Franklin, Benjamin
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Language
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Literary style
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Quotations
- HISTORY
- American wit and humor
- Humor
- Language and languages
- Literary style
- Quotations
- Statesmen
- Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
- United States
- HISTORY -- United States -- Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Humor is sometimes a serious business, especially the humor of Benjamin Franklin, a master at revealing the human condition through comedy. For the country's bicentennial, Reader's Digest named Franklin "Man of the Year" for embodying the characteristics we admire most about ourselves as Americans-humor, irony, energy, and fresh insight. Recreating Franklin's words in the way that his contemporaries would have read and understood them, Paul M. Zall chronicles Franklin's use (and abuse) of humor for commercial, diplomatic, and political purposes. Dedicated to the uniquely appealing and endurin
- Action
- digitized
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Zall, Paul M
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Franklin, Benjamin
- Franklin, Benjamin
- Franklin, Benjamin
- Franklin, Benjamin
- Franklin, Benjamin
- Franklin, Benjamin
- American wit and humor
- Statesmen
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- American wit and humor
- Language and languages
- Statesmen
- Literary style
- United States
- Humor
- Label
- Benjamin Franklin's humor, by Paul M. Zall
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-179) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Silence Dogood, 1722-1723 -- Paragraphs in Philadelphia, 1729-1735 -- Philadelphia's Poor Richard, 1733-1748 -- Philadelphia comic relief, 1748-1757 -- Making friends overseas, 1757-1774 -- Losing London, 1773-1776 -- Seducing Paris, 1776-1782 -- Comic release, 1783-1785 -- Revising past and future, 1786-1790
- Control code
- ocm65632516
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 186 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781283232913
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/ctt2hftzz
- 9dd17671-042d-46d7-a08f-1feeff90b723
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)65632516
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Benjamin Franklin's humor, by Paul M. Zall
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-179) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Silence Dogood, 1722-1723 -- Paragraphs in Philadelphia, 1729-1735 -- Philadelphia's Poor Richard, 1733-1748 -- Philadelphia comic relief, 1748-1757 -- Making friends overseas, 1757-1774 -- Losing London, 1773-1776 -- Seducing Paris, 1776-1782 -- Comic release, 1783-1785 -- Revising past and future, 1786-1790
- Control code
- ocm65632516
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 186 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781283232913
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/ctt2hftzz
- 9dd17671-042d-46d7-a08f-1feeff90b723
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)65632516
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- American wit and humor
- Biography
- Electronic books
- Franklin, Benjamin
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Language
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Literary style
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Quotations
- HISTORY
- American wit and humor
- Humor
- Language and languages
- Literary style
- Quotations
- Statesmen
- Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
- United States
- HISTORY -- United States -- Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
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