The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes

Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich

1793–1860

Best remembered as "Peter Parley," he helped shape 19th-century children’s reading with lively books that turned history, geography, and science into stories. He was also a prolific American publisher and writer whose work reached an enormous audience on both sides of the Atlantic.