Sterling Biographies

副标题: Benjamin Franklin

ISBN: 9781402749520

作者: Maria Mihalik Higgins

出版社: Sterling Pub Co Inc

出版年: 2007-8

页数: 128

定价: $ 12.95

装帧: HRD

内容简介

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; a mapmaker, printer, and writer famous for his Poor Richard’s Almanack. He signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and established America’s first hospital. The list of his accomplishments is astonishing and wide ranging. When he lived, his work touched the lives of every person in the new United States of America; some three hundred years later, he continues to fascinate, amaze, and inspire today’s young readers.