Benjamin Franklin the First Civilized American

This book was published in 1926. The contents include: The Moulding of a Young Chandler; The Business of Life is with Matter; The Boy Publisher; Exile; The New Home; The Return from Exile; London and The Dangerous Time of Youth; First Studies of Men and Things; Franklin Begins to Find Himself; A Young Man States His Creed of Life; Philadelphia’s Youngest Master-Printer; Money Making and Saving; Marriage; The Era of Poor Richard; First Ventures in Politics; The First Thrills from Science; The Challenge to the Clouds; Projects Ripen and Increase; and Franklin’s Humorous Year. It also includes: Army General and Ambassador; Conquests in England; Political Slings and Arrows; In London for the Third Time; Franklin Meets the High Priest of the Hell Fire Club; The Attack in the Cockpit; The Defeat of Pitt and Peace; Assistant at the Birth of a Republic; A Fur Cap among Powdered Heads; A Chapter of Altercations; Franklin and Madame Brillon; Franklin and Madame Helvetius; Franklin and the Countess d’Houdetot; Final Days in France; Home is the Sailor; and Franklin’s Will.