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Freedman, Russell
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Juvenile literature
Statesmen -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Scientists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Printers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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Freedman, Russell
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Juvenile literature
Statesmen -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Scientists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Printers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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Becoming Ben Franklin : how a candle-maker's son helped light the flame of liberty / Russell Freedman.
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Freedman, Russell
Holiday House, c2013.
Call #:
973
.3092
F831f
Subjects
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Juvenile literature
Statesmen -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Scientists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Printers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
ISBN:
9780823423743 (hc)
0823423743 (hc)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
86 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 x 28 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-82) and index.
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.
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.
Genre:
Biography, Juvenile.
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Bedford Public Library
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973.3092 F831f
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