{"product_id":"franklin-hardcover-10","title":"Franklin - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames C. Johnston  Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith Franklin, a new photographic history of the town and \u003cbr\u003eits people, well-known local historian and columnist \u003cbr\u003eJames C. Johnston Jr. presents a sensitive retrospective of his \u003cbr\u003ehometown. Buildings, people, documents, modes of transportation, \u003cbr\u003eand all aspects of life as it once was are illustrated vividly in \u003cbr\u003eMr. Johnston's fascinating collection of images from the past. \u003cbr\u003eIn the 1660s the first European settlers came to Franklin, which \u003cbr\u003ewas originally inhabited by the Wampanoag Indians. The town was \u003cbr\u003enamed for Benjamin Franklin, in a somewhat successful attempt to \u003cbr\u003eflatter the famous and influential American statesman. A gift of books \u003cbr\u003esent to the town by Mr. Franklin formed the basis for the very first \u003cbr\u003epublic library in the United States. \u003cbr\u003eA well-read and inventive community, Franklin has been home to \u003cbr\u003ea number of influential Americans itself, including Horace Mann, the \u003cbr\u003e\"Father of American Education.\" Mr. Johnston's pictorial history of \u003cbr\u003eFranklin honors the memory of these great citizens and also chronicles \u003cbr\u003ethe development of the town through its industrial revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 130\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47283830784249,"sku":"9781531659424","price":43.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/YWhaTEVRRkZPSTBHelh5WDJCUlNqQT09_877f48b4-0b2b-4c0b-9095-5384c4584917.webp?v=1769078719","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/franklin-hardcover-10","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}