Becoming Ben Franklin : how a candle-maker's son helped light the flame of liberty / Russell Freedman.
2013
E302.6.F8 F8495 2013 (Mapit)
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Title
Becoming Ben Franklin : how a candle-maker's son helped light the flame of liberty / Russell Freedman.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780823423743 hardcover
0823423743 hardcover
0823423743 hardcover
Published
New York : Holiday House, [2013]
Copyright
©2013
Language
English
Description
86 pages : illustrations--some color, map, portraits ; 24 x 28 cm
Call Number
E302.6.F8 F8495 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.3092 B
Summary
An introduction to the life of young Benjamin Franklin describes how, as a rebellious teen in 1732, he ran away from his family and a Boston apprenticeship to Philadelphia, and how throughout subsequent decades he rose to become a distinguished statesman, renowned author and world-famous scientist.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references, pages 78-82, and index.
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Table of Contents
The runaway apprentice
Benjamin Franklin of Philadelphia, printer
Snatching lightning from the sky
Borrowing an idea from the Iroquois
Dr. Fatsides in the mother country
Becoming a rebel
Declaring independence
An American in Paris
A useful life.
Benjamin Franklin of Philadelphia, printer
Snatching lightning from the sky
Borrowing an idea from the Iroquois
Dr. Fatsides in the mother country
Becoming a rebel
Declaring independence
An American in Paris
A useful life.