The Printer Boy. Or How Benjamin Franklin made his Mark. An Example for Youth
by William Makepeace Thayer
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About this eBook
- Author
- Thayer, William Makepeace, 1820-1898
- Title
- The Printer Boy; Or, How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark An Example for Youth.
- Credits
- Produced by Steven Gibbs, Richard J. Shiffer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E186: History: America: Colonial History (1607-1775)
- Subject
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 26295
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26295
- Release Date
- August 13, 2008
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.The PRINTER BOY. or how BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MADE HIS MARK. An Example for Youth. — WILLIAM. M. THAYER
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 5.THE PRINTER-BOY.
- 6.CHAPTER I. — THE WHISTLE.
- 7.CHAPTER II. — AT SCHOOL.
- 8.CHAPTER III. — A CHANGE.
- 9.CHAPTER IV. — MAKING CANDLES.
- 10.CHAPTER V. — THE ROGUE'S WHARF.
- 11.CHAPTER VI. — TABLE TALK.
- 12.CHAPTER VII. — CHOOSING A TRADE.
- 13.CHAPTER VIII. — THE PRINTER-BOY.
- 14.CHAPTER IX. — FIRST LITERARY ENTERPRISE.
- 15.CHAPTER X. — THE DISPUTE.
- 16.CHAPTER XI. — PLAIN FARE.
- 17.CHAPTER XII. — THE NEWSPAPER.
- 18.CHAPTER XIII. — THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG.
- 19.CHAPTER XIV. — THE ARREST.
- 20.CHAPTER XV. — THE RUNAWAY.
- 21.CHAPTER XVI. — ANOTHER TRIP AND ITS TRIALS.
- 22.CHAPTER XVII. — GETTING WORK.
- 23.CHAPTER XVIII. — NEWS FROM HOME, AND RETURN.
- 24.CHAPTER XIX. — BACK AGAIN.
- 25.CHAPTER XX. — A LITERARY GAME.
- 26.CHAPTER XXI. — GOING TO ENGLAND.
- 27.CHAPTER XXII. — FAREWELL TO ENGLAND.
- 28.CHAPTER XXIII. — SETTING UP BUSINESS.
- 29.CHAPTER XXIV. — THE JUNTO.
- 30.CHAPTER XXV. — CONCLUSION.
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