A biography of the young Philadelphia printer who grew up to become a world-renowned author, diplomat, scientist, and inventor, and one of the founding fathers of the United States.
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This review is from: Benjamin Franklin: Young Printer (Childhood of Famous Americans) (Paperback)
I thought that it was a good book because I like biographies. I especially liked the part when he went to the Latin School and he couldn't say the poem because the school master gave Ben the wrong poem. I recommend this book to you if you like to read biographies. I also recommend this book if you think that a president's life would be interesting.
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Books by Augusta Stevenson can always be counted on to deliver a good story and to respect a child's intelligence - and to teach. The book opens: "A long time ago, away up in New England in the little city of Boston there was a certain blue ball. It was about the size of a cocoanut, and it hung above the front door of a certain little house. On this blue ball was a name - Josiah Franklin. That was all, but it was enough. Everyone in Boston knew that the blue ball was the sign Josiah Franklin used for his candle-and-soap shop in Union Street. They knew that he lived in this little house, too, as most tradesmen did in those days. They knew that the shop was in the front room facing the street, and that the Franklin family lived in the big room just back of it." The Childhood of Family Americans series, almost 100 years old now, chronicles the early years of famous American men and women in an accessible manner. Each book is faithful in spirit to the values and experiences that influenced the person's development. These books reaffirm the importance of our American heritage.
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If you are the type of person who loves to read about famo..,
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This review is from: Benjamin Franklin: Young Printer (Childhood of Famous Americans) (Paperback)
us historians of our past...I highly recommend this biography of a young printer, Benjamin Franklin. Stevenson talks about the bigger of Ben's life, however going into smallest details in ocations(In my opinion: Like all biographers should.)This is a small price for a large book and may be ordered from Amazon.com!
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A LONG TIME AGO, away up in New England in the little city of Boston there was a certain blue ball. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ben Franklin, Silence Dogood, Benjamin Franklin, James Franklin, Josiah Franklin, John Collins, Blue Ball, Bright Star, Brown Beaver, Would James, Medicine Man, Queen Street, New York, Captain Holmes, Ebenezer Zeezer, Union Street, The Rule, Master Williams, High Bank, The Select Men, Visitation Day, Nathan Morse, Mary Ann, Boston Latin School New!
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A LONG TIME AGO, away up in New England in the little city of Boston there was a certain blue ball. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ben Franklin, Silence Dogood, Benjamin Franklin, James Franklin, Josiah Franklin, John Collins, Blue Ball, Bright Star, Brown Beaver, Would James, Medicine Man, Queen Street, New York, Captain Holmes, Ebenezer Zeezer, Union Street, The Rule, Master Williams, High Bank, The Select Men, Visitation Day, Nathan Morse, Mary Ann, Boston Latin School New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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