Sale! Originally 9.95, Now 4.99. Benjamin Franklin

By Edwin S. Gaustad
Lives And Legacies Series
Written by a leading authority on colonial America, this compact biography captures in a remarkably small space one of the most protean lives in the nation's history--that of inventor, publisher, and statesman and Freemason - Benjamin Franklin.
The tenth and youngest son of a poor Boston soap maker, Benjamin Franklin would rise to become, in Thomas Jefferson's words, "the greatest man and ornament of his age." In this short, engaging biography, historian Edwin S. Gaustad offers a marvelous portrait of this towering colonial figure, illuminating Franklin's character and personality.
Here is truly one of the most extraordinary lives imaginable, a man who, with only two years of formal education, became a printer, publisher, postmaster, philosopher, world-class scientist and inventor, statesman, musician, and abolitionist. A chronological account of all these accomplishments, delightfully spiced with quotations from Franklin's own extensive writings, is presented.
Oxford University Press, 143 Pages, with Index and Illustrations.