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Electric Ben : the amazing life and times of Benjamin Franklin

Author: Robert Byrd
Publisher: New York : Scholastic, 2013, ©2012.
Edition/Format:  Print book : Primary school : English : 1st Scholastic printingView all editions and formats
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Benjamin Franklin was the son of a tradesman in Boston who rose to fame as a printer, writer and publisher. He was also very interested in science and is well known for his many inventions such as the Franklin stove, bi-focal glasses and one of his greatest discoveries that lightning was electricity and learned to harness that power with the invention of a lightning rod. He is also well known as one of the Founding  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Picture books
Juvenile works
Biography
Biographies
Picture books for children
Juvenile literature
Biography Juvenile literature
Named Person: Benjamin Franklin; Benjamin Franklin; Benjamin Franklin
Material Type: Primary school
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Robert Byrd
ISBN: 9780545643870 0545643872
OCLC Number: 865867765
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Responsibility: Robert Byrd.

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Benjamin Franklin was the son of a tradesman in Boston who rose to fame as a printer, writer and publisher. He was also very interested in science and is well known for his many inventions such as the Franklin stove, bi-focal glasses and one of his greatest discoveries that lightning was electricity and learned to harness that power with the invention of a lightning rod. He is also well known as one of the Founding Fathers of the new American nation and helped to write the Declaration of Independence and frame the United States Constitution. He was also our ambassador to France requesting help from them to assist the struggling colonies.

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