The Story of Benjamin Franklin: Amazing American
By (Author) Margaret Davidson
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
1st December 1988
United States
Children
Fiction
B
Paperback
96
Width 133mm, Height 195mm, Spine 9mm
91g
Ben Franklin was an amazing American because hewas- * a printer and businessman who created Poor Richard'sAlmanac * the inventor of the lightning rod and the Franklin stove * a community leader who started the first public library inAmerica * a statesman who helped to gain our country's freedom from the British These are only a few ways in which Ben was amazing. This book tells you much more about him.
Margaret Davidsonis a prolific author of biographical books for children. Her books for Yearling includeThe Story of Jackie Robinson,The Story of Benjamin Franklin, andThe Story of Alexander Graham Bell. She has also written for the Scholastic Biography series and Little Apple Nonfiction.