Benjamin Franklin (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas James Fleming
- First Published: 1973
- Time of Work: 1706–1790
- Setting: Boston, Philadelphia, London, and Paris
- Principal Characters: Benjamin Franklin, William Franklin, Deborah Read Franklin, Sally Franklin Bache, David Strahan, William Temple Franklin, Benjamin Franklin Bache, Polly Stevenson, Silas Deane, Arthur Lee
- Genres: Nonfiction, Children’s literature, Biography
- Subjects: Revolutionaries, Science or scientists, Eighteenth century, Politicians, Biography, Inventions or inventors, Diplomacy or diplomats, Printing
- Locales: Boston, MA, Paris, France, Philadelphia, PA, London, England
Form and Content
Thomas Fleming’s Benjamin Franklin traces the life and career of a man whose activities encompassed virtually all of eighteenth century America’s formative decades. The only person to sign the three principal documents of the revolutionary era—the Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Paris, and the United States Constitution—Franklin was both the oldest and the most distinguished American revolutionary. Fleming comprehensively explores the sources of Franklin’s drive, talents, and intellect. Organized chronologically, his nineteen...
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