%0 eBook %A Gaustad, Edwin S. (Edwin Scott) %I Oxford University Press %D 2006 %C Oxford ; New York %G English %B Lives and legacies. %@ 1423785126 %@ 9781423785125 %@ 9786610534746 %@ 6610534748 %T Benjamin Franklin %U https://holycross.idm.oclc.org/login?auth=cas&url=https://academic.oup.com/book/26882 %X "The tenth and youngest son of a poor Boston soapmaker, Benjamin Franklin would rise to become, in Thomas Jefferson's words, "the greatest man and ornament of his age." In this short, engaging biography, historian Edwin S. Gaustad offers a portrait of this towering colonial figure, illuminating Franklin's character and personality."