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Summary:

Discover how, in Paris in the 1770s, Benjamin Franklin's scientific method challenged a certain Dr. Mesmer's mysterious powers in a whimsical look at a true moment in history.

Author/Creator:

Rockliff, Mara , author

Contributors:

Bruno, Iacopo , illustrator

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English
Translated from (original): English

Main Work:

Mesmerized: how Ben Franklin solved a mystery that baffled all of France [by Rockliff, M.]

Subjects:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 — Juvenile literature

Mesmer, Franz Anton, 1734-1815 — Juvenile literature

Science — Methodology — Juvenile literature

Psychology — Experiments — Juvenile literature

Mesmerism — Juvenile literature

Science — Experiments — Juvenile literature

France — History — 18th century — Juvenile literature

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Mesmer, Franz Anton, 1734-1815

1700-1799

Science

Psychology — Experiments

Psychology

Mesmerism

Science — Experiments

Science — Methodology

France

Genres:

History

Juvenile works

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 45).
Junior Library Guild selection
Accelerated Reader 5.0.
NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Honor, 2016

Audience:

Children
Middle School.
690 (source: Lexile)

Physical Description:

45 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 25 x 28 cm

Call Numbers:

J973.3092 R683me

ISBNs:

9780763663513 (hardback)
0763663514 (hardback)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2014939337

OCLC Numbers:

884479981