Benjamin Franklin: Revolutionary Inventor - Couverture souple

Higgins, Maria Mihalik

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 140273283X ISBN 13 : 9781402732836

Editeur : Sterling Juvenile, 2007

Synopsis

"Sterling Biographies" are packed with information, and filled unique images that include rare documentary photographs, artwork, maps and personal artefacts. Focusing on inventors and innovative thinkers who transformed the world, they present first-person accounts and dramatic events related in an intimate and accessible style. Benjamin Franklin was a man of many talents: a scientist, mapmaker, printer and writer. He signed the Declaration of Independence and established America's first hospital. Now, some three hundred years later, he continues to fascinate, amaze and inspire today's young readers.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

What do libraries, streetlights, and fire stations have in common? What about bifocal lenses and the odometer? Sayings like haste makes waste? Benjamin Franklin was a man of many talents: a scientist who experimented with electricity, a diplomat who served as envoy to France and negotiated peace with England and a mapmaker, printer and writer famous for his Poor Richards Almanack. He signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and established the first hospital in America. The list of his accomplishments is astonishing and wide ranging. When he lived, his work touched the lives of every person in the newly formed United States of America; some three hundred years later, he continues to fascinate, amaze and inspire todays young readers.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sterling Juvenile
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 140273283X
• ISBN 13: 9781402732836
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible