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 and Up Grades:   5 to
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24.95 list In 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.