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The Printer Boy

by William Makepeace Thayer

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First published
Unknown
Pages
152Digital edition
Language
English
Reading difficulty
4 of 10

A little about the story

Little Benjamin Franklin pays too much for a whistle, and learns a lesson he never forgets. William Makepeace Thayer tells the story of Franklin's boyhood and youth as a printer's apprentice in Boston and Philadelphia, and how hard work and good sense made him one of America's greatest men.

A classic of 19th-century inspirational biography.

Things You May Not Know About The Printer Boy

  • Subtitled How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark.
  • The whistle. The story of Franklin overpaying for a whistle comes from his own writing.
  • By the author of From Log Cabin to White House, about James Garfield.

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