Young Benjamin Franklin: The Birth of Ingenuity

by Nick Bunker

Book Overview

In this new account of Franklin's early life, Pulitzer finalist Nick Bunker portrays him as a complex, driven young man who elbows his way to success.

From his early career as a printer and journalist to his scientific work and his role as a founder of a new republic, Benjamin Franklin has always seemed the inevitable embodiment of American ingenuity. But in his youth he had to make his way through a harsh colonial world, where he fought...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101874414
• ISBN13: 9781101874417
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 2.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.7" x 9.3"