CONTENTS
1. [A Boyhood in Boston] 9 2. [A Young Man on His Own] 18 3. [The Birth of Poor Richard] 28 4. [The Civic-Minded Citizen] 38 5. [The Thunder Giant] 49 6. [A Brief Military Career] 61 7. [The Battle with the Penns] 73 8. [The White Christian Savages] 84 9. [The Stamp Act] 91 10. [Friendships in England] 100 11. [The Terrible Hutchinson Letters] 111 12. [Beginning of a Long War] 123 13. [The Splendid Word Independence] 132 14. [France Falls in Love with an American] 143 15. [America’s First Ambassador] 155 16. [A Glorious Old Age] 165 17. [The Closing Years] 177 [Suggested Reading] 188 [Index] 189