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Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack - Couverture souple

Benjamin Franklin

 
9788119623600: Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 8119623606 ISBN 13 : 9788119623600
Editeur : SANAGE PUBLISHING HOUSE LLP, 2023

Synopsis

Poor Richard''s Almanack (sometimes Almanac) was a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted the pseudonym of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders" for this purpose. The publication appeared continually from 1732 to 1758. It sold exceptionally well for a pamphlet published in the Thirteen Colonies. Poor Richard''s Almanack. Almanacks were very popular books in colonial America, offering a mixture of seasonal weather forecasts, practical household hints, puzzles, and other amusements. Poor Richard''s Almanack was also popular for its extensive use of wordplay, and some of the witty phrases coined in the work survive in the contemporary American vernacular.

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Éditeur
SANAGE PUBLISHING HOUSE LLP
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
8119623606
ISBN 13 
9788119623600
Reliure
Paperback
Nombre de pages
74
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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