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Ben Franklin For Beginners
2013
First Published
4.07
Average Rating
160
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"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 Benjamin Franklin narrated and lived the Great American Success Story. As America's prototypical polymath, he excelled—and even defined—a number of professions including printer, writer, postmaster, scientists, inventor, public citizen, politician, and diplomat. He was a cornerstone in the foundation of the United States. He discovered practicable uses for electricity. He was America's first great satirist. He founded the University of Pennsylvania. He invented bifocals. He was a legendary ladies' man. He was all of these things...and was so much more. Ben Franklin For Beginners, written and illustrated by Tim E. Ogline, opens the book on Benjamin Franklin and tells the story of his life and times with wry wit and whimsical drawings.
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Author

Tim Ogline
Tim Ogline
Author · 2 books

Tim E. Ogline, a passionate student of American history with a particular interest in the American Revolution, is a Greater Philadelphia based illustrator and graphic designer. Ogline is an alumnus of Temple University’s Tyler School of Art and has previously taught there. He is also currently an adjunct instructor at Moore College of Art & Design. Ogline’s illustrations have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Utne Reader, The American Spectator, Outdoor Life, Institutional Investor, Philadelphia Style, Loyola Lawyer, How Magazine, the Wild River Review, and The Florida Review among others. Tim Ogline’s design practice, Ogline Design, serves a diverse client base; but has specialized in political and institutional sectors. Clients served include Historic Philadelphia, the Crossroads of the American Revolution Association, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, The White House, Lois Murphy for Congress, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the National Governors Association, TargetX, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Group Inc, Wild River Books, and many more with creative solutions that have ranged from identity design to publication design to website development.

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