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Ashby, Ruth.
THE AMAZING MR. FRANKLIN, OR, THE BOY WHO READ EVERYTHING
Atlanta : Peachtree, 2004.
IL 3-6, RL 4.8
ISBN 1561453064
I'm sure you have heard of Benjamin Franklin.  He was a rather remarkable man.  In addition to being one of the main figures in the Revolutionary War, he was a printer and an inventor.  This is the story of this amazing man.  From experiments with electricity to writing the Declaration of Independence, this is a man who learned much from the books he read.  And the books he shared with others through the first library in the new country.
Non fiction SUBJECTS:     Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
                        Statesmen.
                        Scientists.
                        Inventors.
                        Printers.

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