Becoming Ben Franklin: OUT OF STOCK INDEFINITELY see 9780823449453
by Freedman, Russell
ISBN-10:
0823423743
ISBN-13:
9780823423743
Publisher:
Holiday House
Category:
Biographies
Pub. Date:
March 2013
Pages:
96
Format:
Hardcover
Ages:
10-Up
Grades:
5 to
Description/Notes
24.95 listIn 1723 Ben Franklin arrived in Philadelphia as a poor and friendless seventeen-year-old who had run away from his family and an apprenticeship in Boston. Sixty-two years later he stepped ashore in nearly the same spot but was greeted by cannons, bells, and a cheering crowd, now a distinguished statesman, renowned author, and world-famous scientist.
Freedman's riveting story of how a rebellious apprentice became an American icon comes in an elegantly designed book filled with art and includes a timeline, source notes, bibliography, and index.