Comments on: Great Franklin's Ghost

By: hunter

hunter — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:54:21 +0000

This is sooooooooooooooooooooooo cool!!!!!!!

By: 21st century spiritualism « Public Historian

21st century spiritualism « Public Historian — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:06:24 +0000

[...] Suzanne Harper’s charming Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney (as well as Rob McDougall’s recent posts on spiritualism), I set out to read all the recent books on Lily [...]

By: Links for 11/12 « Public Historian

Links for 11/12 « Public Historian — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:28:46 +0000

[...] Franklin’s ghost pays spooky visits to spiritualists at Old is the New [...]

By: The Further Adventures of Ben Franklin’s Ghost

The Further Adventures of Ben Franklin’s Ghost — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:12:12 +0000

[...] Great Franklin’s GhostThe posthumous adventures of Benjamin Franklin. [...]

By: The Further Adventures of Dead Ben Franklin

The Further Adventures of Dead Ben Franklin — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:09:00 +0000

[...] Great Franklin’s GhostThe posthumous adventures of Benjamin Franklin. [...]

By: The Constructivist

The Constructivist — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:39:55 +0000

You’ll no doubt appreciate the works in progress talks I just heard from two members of my department–one a synopsis of his book on Rt. 20 and one from a manuscript on modernism in the sticks, so to speak, this a chapter on the Israelite House of David. When I have time, I’ll put you three in touch.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:44:56 +0000

Being who I am, of course, the line “later to be ‘restored to life by the heat of the sun’ ” of course sends my brain spinning into shamefully geeky places and then you cap it off with the bit about Morse being Franklin’s only begotten son, sent to us in our greatest hour of need, and now I’m nearly overcome with, well I’m not sure what but no good can possibly come of it!

By: Founders in the Afterlife « Office of Special Plans

Founders in the Afterlife « Office of Special Plans — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:17:14 +0000

[...] crowd that did the most to pay tribute to Franklin’s legacy as a scientist and inventor. Historian Rob MacDougall explains: A chat with Franklin was to spiritualism what “My Way” is to karaoke. From beyond the grave, [...]

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:43:53 +0000

This rocks. I especially love the idea that Ben Franklin watches us copulate. He is the (old) new Ceiling Cat!