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02649aam a2200481 i 4500 001 23735000C06F11EC8BCEBD203FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220420010009 008 220405t20222022maua b 001 0deng d 020 $a 132856889X 020 $a 9781328568892 035 $a (OCoLC)1308983336 040 $a NjBwBT $b eng $e rda $e rda $c JBL $d JBL $d CLE $d OCLCO $d CDX $d OCLCQ $d IOU $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ma $a n-us-ma 082 04 $a 973.3092 $2 23/eng/20220330 100 1 $a Meyer, Michael J., $d 1972- $e author. 245 10 $a Benjamin Franklin's last bet : $b the favorite founder's divisive death, enduring afterlife, and blueprint for American prosperity / $c Michael Meyer. 246 30 $a Favorite founder's divisive death, enduring afterlife, and blueprint for American prosperity 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Boston : $b Mariner Books, $c [2022] 300 $a xxiii, 338 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Benjamin Franklin was not a gambling man. But at the end of his illustrious life, the Founder allowed himself a final wager on the survival of the United States: a gift of two thousand pounds to Boston and Philadelphia, to be lent out to tradesmen over the next two centuries to jump-start their careers. Each loan would be repaid with interest over ten years. If all went according to Franklin's inventive scheme, the accrued final payout in 1991 would be a windfall. In Benjamin Franklin's Last Bet, Michael Meyer traces the evolution of these twin funds as they age alongside America itself, bankrolling woodworkers and silversmiths, trade schools and space races. Over time, Franklin's wager was misused, neglected, and contested--but never wholly extinguished"-- $c Provided by publisher 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-317) and index. 600 10 $a Franklin, Benjamin, $d 1706-1790 $x Death and burial. 650 0 $a Legacies. 650 0 $a Endowments. 650 0 $a Working class $z Philadelphia. $z Philadelphia. 650 0 $a Working class $z Boston. $z Boston. 941 $a 12 952 $l DAPG173 $d 20240724015653.0 952 $l SMPE094 $d 20240104021206.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012023742.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010033049.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20230425010532.0 952 $l KQPC446 $d 20221105010411.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20221012010744.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20220903010205.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20220630014951.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20220602024151.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20220601010237.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220420010109.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=23735000C06F11EC8BCEBD203FECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search