Becoming Ben Franklin : how a candle-maker's son helped light the flame of liberty /
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.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Holiday House,
[2013]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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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
- Timeline.