
Benjamin Franklin, American Genius
Benjamin Franklin was a 17-year-old runaway when he arrived in Philadelphia in 1723. Yet within days he''d found a job at a local print shop, met the woman he would eventually marry, and even attracted the attention of Pennsylvania''s governor. A decade later, he became a colonial celebrity with the publication of Poor Richard: An Almanack and would go on to become one of America''s most distingui...
Benjamin Franklin was a 17-year-old runaway when he arrived in Philadelphia in 1723. Yet within days he''d found a job at a local print shop, met the woman he would eventually marry, and even attracted the attention of Pennsylvania''s governor. A decade later, he became a colonial celebrity with the publication of Poor Richard: An Almanack and would go on to become one of America''s most distingui...