This is another of the We the People series for younger readers, this one dealing with one of the most significant of the early leaders of America, Benjamin Franklin.
This goes into Benjamin Franklin's history, including how he had an illegitimate son, but later married someone one. He was a very intelligent man, nevertheless, and was involved not only in politics, but was also a scientist and an inventor.
At first he liked the British but, as the situation in the colonies worsened, he turned away from them and joined the patriot cause. He made major contributions to the forming of the new government, and did those while he was over seventy years old.
An interesting book.
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