This catalog, which accompanies the traveling Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary exhibition, examines the many facets of Franklin’s life: printer, civic improver, scientist, diplomat, politician, and founding father. Many of the images in the book are from private collections, and have never before been published, giving this book a unique perspective on Franklin’s life.
While the Lewis and Clark expedition is most often thought of as a journey through the physical geography of North America, it was a journey through its cultural geography as well. In this companion catalog to Lewis & Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition, curator Carloyn Gilman weaves a fascinating cross-cultural examination of such universal subjects as diplomacy, curing, mapping, and language. The book is illustrated with hundreds of artifacts and period illustrations, many with direct connections to the members of the Corps of Discovery and the Native American tribes they encountered.
