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 apprenticeshipto Philadelphia, and how throughout subsequent decades he rose to become a distinguished statesman, renowned author and world-famous scientist.
year: 2013
call number/section: 1000, 920, 92, 921, 973.3
subjects: franklin, benjamin, 1706-1790, statesmen, united states, biography, inventors, scientists, printers, engineers
Editions
Freedman, Russell
Holiday House (2013)
A biography of Benjamin Franklin that follows him from his childhood in Boston, where he was the son of a poor soap and candle maker with seventeen children, to his death, describing how Franklin became a self-made man who died a renowned statesman, scientist, printer, author, and inventor.
Schools: 42
Freedman, Russell
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 apprenticeshipto Philadelphia, and how throughout subsequent decades he rose to become a distinguished statesman, renowned author and world-famous scientist.
Schools: 0