The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinTouchstone, 1997 - 160 páginas From printer's apprentice to internationally famous scientist, inventor, statesman, legislator, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin led a most remarkable life. Seldom is history so well articulated by someone who was there. |
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