Benjamin Franklin
by Robin McKown
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About This Book
From Benjamin Franklin's birth in Boston to his election by Congress as America's first ambassador to France, the author traces the fascinating development of an impetuous and saucy youth who became a beloved man on both his native soil and throughout the world. "Few men have more claims to greatness than Benjamin Franklin. He was in his long lifetime, writer, editor and publisher, scientist and inventor, propagandist for the cause of the American colonies, statesman, diplomat. He was a wit and a humorist, a loyal friend and a good family man. From his birth in Boston as the son of a poor cand...
Chapters (26)
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
- CONTENTS
- 1 A BOYHOOD IN BOSTON
- 2 A YOUNG MAN ON HIS OWN
- 3 THE BIRTH OF POOR RICHARD
- 4 THE CIVIC-MINDED CITIZEN
- 5 THE THUNDER GIANT
- 6 A BRIEF MILITARY CAREER
- 7 THE BATTLE WITH THE PENNS
- 8 THE WHITE CHRISTIAN SAVAGES
- 9 THE STAMP ACT
- 10 FRIENDSHIPS IN ENGLAND
- 11 THE TERRIBLE HUTCHINSON LETTERS
- 12 BEGINNING OF A LONG WAR
- 13 THE SPLENDID WORD INDEPENDENCE
- 14 FRANCE FALLS IN LOVE WITH AN AMERICAN
- 15 AMERICA’S FIRST AMBASSADOR
- 16 A GLORIOUS OLD AGE
- 17 THE CLOSING YEARS
- SUGGESTED READING
- INDEX
- THE Lives to Remember SERIES
- Recent titles in the LIVES TO REMEMBER series include:
- THE AUTHOR
- Other Books by Robin McKown
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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