Becoming Ben Franklin : how a candle-maker's son helped light the flame of liberty / Russell Freedman.

Author/creator Freedman, Russell author.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationNew York : Holiday House, [2013]
Copyright Date©2013
Description86 pages : illustrations--some color, map, portraits ; 24 x 28 cm
Subjects

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 -- Timeline.
Abstract 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references, pages 78-82, and index.
LCCN 2012002971
ISBN9780823423743 (hardcover)
ISBN0823423743 (hardcover)

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