Benjamin Franklin: Inventing America
- ISBN-10
- 019515732X
- ISBN-13
- 9780195157321
- Series
- Benjamin Franklin
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-09-16
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Edwin S. Gaustad
Description
Describes the life and notable accomplishments of Ben Franklin, eighteenth-century American printer, statesman, writer, and inventor.
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- 2020-08-07
- 390 pages
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