{"product_id":"benjamin-franklin-swimmer-sarah-b-pomeroy-9781606181010","title":"Benjamin Franklin, Swimmer: An Illustrated History, Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 110, Part 1)","description":"This book uses Benjamin Franklin's love of swimming to examine his life, times, and strong, inventive personality through a lens that historians have previously overlooked. He interacted with family, friends, and acquaintances through swimming, which also offered him an entree into British society Primary sources for this book include Franklin's writings, that of his contemporaries, and other artistic and archaeological sources. When Franklin's grandson Benjamin Franklin Bache was in his care in France, he swam in the Seine. Bache's Journal constitutes another important primary source for this book. Franklin's advice about water safety and his conviction that everyone should learn to swim because it promotes health, hygiene, and safety is still relevant. Illus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah B. Pomeroy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1606181017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606181010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e American Philosophical Society Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.31d","brand":"Sarah B. Pomeroy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47135383814399,"sku":"9781606181010","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_91ef3aa6-0df2-4103-b31a-88f734833fb5.jpg?v=1755009983","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/benjamin-franklin-swimmer-sarah-b-pomeroy-9781606181010","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}