Benjamin Franklin: Live Wire (HYB23)

Part of our Hall of Heroes Series.
A Providential View of American History.

Benjamin Franklin: Live Wire (Heroes of History)

“As Ben experimented, people peppered him with questions about electricity. Distracted, Ben was still holding the ends of two bare wires when the other ends touched the Leyden jars. A massive charge knocked him to the ground. When he clambered to his feet, he had to admit that his guests appeared to have enjoyed watching him get electrocuted.”

Benjamin Franklins life never lacked excitement and intrigue. As a printer, writer, scientist, inventor, and American statesman, this spirited Philadelphia resident continually sought to improve himself and the world he lived in.

A key founding father, Franklin was the only man to sign all five of the most important documents upon which the United States was built. He also served the colonies and young nation in England and France, where he was greatly admired and regarded as a genius. Today Benjamin Franklins wisdom and influence still reverberate through literature, science, politics, and society.

208 pages, Paperback
Ages: 10+

ISBN-10: 1932096140