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

text Becoming Ben Franklin : how a candle-maker's son helped light the flame of liberty

Freedman, Russell.

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 st... Read more
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 P... Read more
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Description
86 p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.
Publisher
Holiday House 2013
MARC Permalink

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Woodmere (Main Branch) J 921 FRA in Juvenile Nonfiction Available
Peninsula Community Library JB FRANKLIN FRE in Juvenile Available

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