Project Gutenberg 2020-08-19 Public domain in the USA. 287 McKown, Robin 63009688 Benjamin Franklin Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Benjamin Franklin" by Robin McKown is a historical account written in the early 1960s. The book discusses the life and contributions of the iconic American statesman, inventor, and writer, Benjamin Franklin. It is likely aimed at readers interested in American history and the remarkable figures who helped shape the nation. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to Franklin's humble beginnings in Boston, where he was born into a large, financially strapped family. The text details his early years, his voracious appetite for reading, and how he became an apprentice to his brother, who was a printer. Through his apprenticeship, Franklin developed his writing skills and began to express his opinions through the creation of alter egos, notably the character of Mrs. Silence Dogood. These formative experiences set the stage for his later accomplishments in printing, writing, and civic engagement, as well as his pursuits in scientific discovery and improvement of society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 69.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Juvenile literature E300 Text Category: Biographies Category: History - American 429413 2025-06-25T05:33:17.482463 text/html 393232 2024-10-18T05:18:32 text/html 262544 2025-06-25T05:33:25.600412 application/epub+zip 274841 2025-06-25T05:33:19.757490 application/epub+zip 223342 2025-06-25T05:33:18.653456 application/epub+zip 402224 2025-06-25T05:33:29.701407 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 345613 2025-06-25T05:33:24.418444 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 309177 2022-09-28T11:40:41.857435 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 334315 2025-06-25T05:33:16.325448 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 314595 2024-10-18T05:18:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15988 2025-06-25T05:33:29.833394 application/rdf+xml 18295 2025-06-25T05:33:18.783451 image/jpeg 3437 2025-06-25T05:33:18.719469 image/jpeg 243736 2025-06-25T05:33:17.520478 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia