Ben Franklin's World
Liz Covart
This is a multiple award-winning podcast about early American history. It’s a show for people who love history and who want to know more about the historical people and events that have impacted and shaped our present-day world.
Each episode features conversations with professional historians who help shed light on important people and events in early American history.
Each episode features conversations with professional historians who help shed light on important people and events in early American history.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Ben Franklin's World podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Edward Duffield, Philadelphia Clockmaker, Citizen, and Gentleman, 1730-1803
Bob Frishman
#2 Mentioned in 1 episodes
William Clark's World
Describing America in an age of unknowns
Peter Kastor
#3 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Black reconstruction
W.E.B. Du Bois
#4 Mentioned in 1 episodes
A Nation Without Borders
Stephen Hahn
#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
American Colonies
Alan Taylor
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Vicious and Immoral
Homosexuality, the American Revolution, and the Trials of Robert Newburgh
John Gilbert McCurdy
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Ar'n't I a Woman?
Female Slaves in the Plantation South
Deborah Gray White
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
On Juneteenth
Annette Gordon-Reed
#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Running from Bondage, Enslaved Women and the Remarkable Fight for Freedom in Revolutionary America
Karen Cook-Bell
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Paul Revere's ride
David Hackett Fischer
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
For the People, For the Country, Patrick Henry's Final Political Battle
John Ragosta
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Plantation Goods, A Material History of American Slavery
Seth Rockman
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Quarters
The Accommodation of the British Army and The Coming of the American Revolution
John McCurdy
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Founding martyr
Christian Di Spigna
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Book of Negroes
Lawrence Hill
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Scraping by
Wage Labor, Slavery, and Survival in Early Baltimore
Seth Rockman
