"If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you're dead and
rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth
the writing." - Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790 Benjamin Franklin
embodied the Great American Success Story. The quintessential
polymath, he excelled - and even defined - a number of
professions including printer, writer, postmaster, scientist,
inventor, public citizen, politician, and diplomat. He was a
founding father of the United States. He harnessed electricity
for practical use. He was the leading satirist of his day. He
founded the University of Pennsylvania. He invented bifocals. He
was a legendary ladies' man. He was all these things ... and so
much more. Ben Franklin For Beginners, written and illustrated
by Tim E. Ogline, reveals and explains Benjamin Franklin and
tells the story of role in our nation's political, scientific
and cultural history with wry wit and whimsical drawings.