This is a "young adult" friendly version of Benjamin Franklin's life story.
From the preface:
"There is an irresistible appeal to both young and old in the figure of Benjamin Franklin. Whether we view him as the printer's apprentice in Boston, slipping his own contributions under the door sill, so that his brother might be fooled into publishing them; or the runaway lad reaching Philadelphia by hook or crook, and walking down the main street eating a roll of bread, with another tucked under each arm, while his future wife laughed at him from a neighboring doorway; or the man of affairs busied with many things for the advancement of his adopted town; or the simply-dressed American standing unabashed before
Lords and crowned heads, not afraid to tell them the truth; or as one of the drafters of the Declaration of
Independence; or as an amateur scientist dabbling with electricity."