Becoming Ben Franklin: How a Candle-Maker's Son Helped Light the Flame of Liberty

by Russell Freedman

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823423743
• ISBN13: 9780823423743
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 11.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher