Historical information

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin who grew from poverty to become newspaper publisher, invented the lightning rod; he also became a politician and a signatory to the USA Declaration of Independence.

Significance

Autobiographical, political, historical - USA.

Physical description

Book; 384 pages.

Front cover: black background; coloured graphic of Ben Franklin; bookshop sticker - Lake Daylesford Book Barn; yellow, white, black, orange and green lettering; title.

Inscriptions & markings

Title page: two prices - $8.55 and $4 - in pencil.