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Publisher
LearningForKids.tv
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Join the Little Historians, it's time for another adventure in our fascinating past! Let's get ready for a new journey to learn all about the history of Benjamin Franklin. As usual, that mischievous scoundrel Napoleon Bonaparte is trying to thwart Little Abe Lincoln and Little Georgie Washington's learning adventure by rewriting history! Quick! Into the portal! It's time to go back in time to find the facts!
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A descendant of the Montgolfier brothers, who invented the hot air balloon will join a team to build a highly accurate replica of the fragile paper and canvas craft using 18th century tools and materials. NOVA reveals the secrets of how the Montgolfiers invented flight, and evokes the thrilling and daunting prospect that the balloon pioneers faced as they left Earth for the first time. Their exploits fascinated Benjamin Franklin, who was serving in...
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Explores the mystery of the human bones recently uncovered beneath 36 Craven Street, London, the address of Ben Franklin while colonial ambassador to England, and their connection with the work of surgeon William Hewson, which involved grave robbing and body snatching for the purpose of research into human anatomy and physiology.
Publisher
The History Channel
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Volume 1 begins with a look at two of the many crises faced by George Washington during his term as America's first president. At a time when any conflict had the potential to dissolve the fragile union, Washington surrounded himself with brilliant men who were bound by their undying devotion to America, but who were often bitterly divided about how best to serve their common cause. Volume 2 explores the ideological conflict that existed between Thomas...
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