{"product_id":"franklin-9781531659424","title":"Franklin","description":"With 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781531659424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d","brand":"James C. Johnston Jr.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36657015980188,"sku":"9781531659424","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_aeb0ee1c-c344-45ee-9aac-2081b881478e.jpg?v=1603889547","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/franklin-9781531659424","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}