The Runaway

Benjamin Franklin

The runaway printer who became a diplomat, and the son he lost to the Crown.

The runaway printer who became a diplomat, and the son he lost to the Crown. Benjamin Franklin's journey from apprentice to elder statesman, and the heartbreaking estrangement from his loyalist son.

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