01564cam a2200313 4500 1164213755 TxAuBib 20130821120000.0 120130s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012002971 9780823423743 hardcover 0823423743 hardcover (OCoLC)774867628 DLC eng DLC IG# YDXCP OCLCO BTCTA GK5 JQM BKL TxAuBib Freedman, Russell. Becoming Ben Franklin : how a candle-maker's son helped light the flame of liberty / Russell Freedman. 1st ed. New York : Holiday House, 2013. 86 p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-82) and index. An introduction to the life of young Benjamin Franklin describes how, as a rebellious teen in 1732, he ran away from his family and a Boston apprenticeship to Philadelphia, and how throughout subsequent decades he rose to become a distinguished statesman, renowned author and world-famous scientist. 20130821. Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Juvenile literature. Statesmen United States Biography Juvenile literature. Inventors United States Biography Juvenile literature. Scientists United States Biography Juvenile literature. Printers United States Biography Juvenile literature. TXKIP