| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references, pages 78-82, and index. |
| LCCN | 2012002971 |
| ISBN | 9780823423743 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0823423743 (hardcover) |
