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Electric Ben: The Amazing Life And Times Of Benjamin Franklin (2012)

by Robert Byrd(Favorite Author)

4.03 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0803737491 (ISBN13: 9780803737495)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Dial

review 1: This is a biography of Benjamin Franklin, telling the story of his lifetime along with the accomplishments he made along the way that make him the significant man he is today. As the book puts together Franklin’s life in a chronological order, it is easy for the audience to follow the story line. I was not aware of much about Benjamin Franklin’s life until I read this book, now I hold great knowledge on the man and what he went through in order to accomplish all of his successes. The book does not make use of a high level vocabulary, which is what would make it possible for children of younger ages to follow along with the book very well. Biographies are hard to bring out into children’s literature, as most are very strictly formatted and put together in an informati... moreve way that do not reach out to the interests of children. This biography is different, the descriptive wording and illustrations throughout the book are what make it possible to be titled into children’s literature.
review 2: Told in lively prose and colorful illustrations, Byrd presents the life of America’s most prominent citizen from his boyhood in Boston through his publishing success in Philadelphia and then to his role as diplomat to the Iroquois, English and French, and along the way founding a library, a fire-fighting force, invention the lighting rod, and signing the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, both of which he helped write. As a printer, publisher, humorist, inventor, scientist, diplomat, and civic leader and organizer, Dr. Franklin was at the time of the founding of the United States, the most energetic and celebrated American on both sides of the Atlantic. less

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