Describes the life and accomplishments of inventor, writer, scientist, and statesman Benjamin Franklin, whose important contributions led the fight for American independence.
Benjamin Franklin was a man of many talents; constantly working to make things better for the colonists both before and after independence and he was also a great writer, contributing to both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
Tells the history of the City Tavern in Philadelphia from the point of view of a mischievous mouse, along with a recipe for corn bread and a time line of important events associated with the tavern.
A biography of American stateman, founding father, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin that describes the contributions he made including the Franklin stove, bifocal lenses, and the lightning rod.
Biographies of three contemporaries who helped establish the United States as an independent nation: Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson.
Attempts to unearth the historic Benjamin Franklin from the images that have accumulated since the publication of his "Autobiography" in 1794, presenting him as the most benevolent and philanthropic of the Founders, unconcerned with the accumulation of wealth, conflicted over his place in the world, and a latecomer to the idea of American freedom.
