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Becoming Ben Franklin : how a candle-maker's son helped light the flame of liberty
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Becoming Ben Franklin : how a candle-maker's son helped light the flame of liberty
-- How a candle-maker's son helped light the flame of liberty
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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.
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Title
Becoming Ben Franklin : how a candle-maker's son helped light the flame of liberty -- How a candle-maker's son helped light the flame of liberty
Edition
First edition.
Authors
Freedman, Russell
Subjects
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Juvenile literature.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Statesmen--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Inventors--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Scientists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Printers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Statesmen--United States--Biography.
Inventors--United States--Biography.
Scientists--United States--Biography.
Printers--United States--Biography.
Inventors.
Printers.
Scientists.
Statesmen.
Biography.
Language
English
Published
New York, NY : Holiday House, [2013].
Publication Desc
86 pages : illustrations--some color, map, portraits ;
ISBN
9780823423743

(hardcover)

LCCN
2012002971
Target Audience
Juvenile
Dimensions
24 x 28 cm.
Awards Note
William Allen White award master list (2015-2016) grades 6-8 ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2014.