The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin
by James Giblin
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Author: James GiblinIllustrator: Michael Dooling
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-03
ISBN: 0590485342
Number of pages: 48
Publisher: Scholastic
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Book Review: Beautifully written and illustrated tale of a great hero
Summary: 5 Stars
What famous person helped start the first library in the American colonies? Who also helped to establish the first fire department in the American colonies? Who helped establish the first hospital in Philadelphia? Who first proved the electricity and lightning were one and the same thing? Even if you didn't guess right, you will probably agree that the man who did all of these things, plus a whole lot more, had to be a very interesting fellow. And he was. In THE AMAZING LIFE OF BEN FRANKLIN, James Cross Giblin tells us all about it. Ben was born in Boston, the youngest of ten sons, and one of seventeen children. When he was ten years old, he started helping out in his father's soap and candlemaking shop, and he absolutely hated it. His father then apprenticed him to his brother, a printer, and printing turned out to be one of the many things that Ben loved to do. In fact, on his tombstone, that is all he wanted said-B. Franklin, a printer. But we all know now that Ben turned out to be one of the most famous and most beloved people in American history-and this is his story. There are great color illustrations. This is the best possible introduction to our own beloved Ben Franklin.
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A biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.Franklin, Benjamin Books
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