In 1723 Ben Franklin arrived in Philadelphia as a poor and friendless
seventeen-year-old who had run away from his family and an
apprenticeship in Boston. Sixty-two years later he stepped ashore in
nearly the same spot but was greeted by cannons, bells, and a cheering
crowd, now a distinguished statesman, renowned author, and world-famous
scientist. Freedman's riveting story of how a rebellious apprentice
became an American icon comes in an elegantly designed book filled with
art and includes a timeline, source notes, bibliography, and index