To prove that the boy is father to the man, Thayer retells Franklin’s early life: the famous overpriced whistle, school, making candles in his father’s shop, the Rogue’s Wharf, his apprenticeship to a jealous and overbearing brother James, his flight to Philadelphia and his rise to his own printing business, with a closing chapter on his achievements.
An inspiring nineteenth-century biography for young readers by the author of From Log-Cabin to White House. Download the free EPUB.