Benjamin Franklin (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Milton Meltzer
- First Published: 1988
- Time of Work: 1706–1790
- Setting: Boston, Philadelphia, England, and France
- Principal Characters: Benjamin Franklin, Josiah Franklin, Deborah Franklin, William Franklin
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Revolutionaries, Science or scientists, Eighteenth century, Politicians, Biography, Inventions or inventors, Diplomacy or diplomats, Printing
- Locales: France, Boston, MA, Philadelphia, PA, England
Form and Content
In Benjamin Franklin: The New American, Milton Meltzer provides a mosaic of Franklin’s life and deeds. Opening with Franklin’s boyhood, continuing with his adult years, and ending with his death at the age of eighty-four, the book is organized chronologically. This chronological order, however, is interrupted with chapters related to individual areas of Franklin’s interests and accomplishments. To address each of these areas adequately, the activities and events leading up to the eventual successes are recounted. Meltzer focuses on three strands...
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