“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, 1706-1790

BEN FRANKLIN FOR BEGINNERS

Written and illustrated by Tim E. Ogline.

Published by For Beginners, 1 October

2013.

Distributed by Random House.

The Contract

The Manuscript

Ben and BeginningsBorn: January 17, 1706Parents: Josiah & Abiah Franklin

Fifteenth of Seventeen ChildrenHometown: Boston, MAArrival in Philadelphia: 1723

Who was Benjamin Franklin?PoliticianDiplomatPostmasterScientistInventorWriterHumoristPublisherPrinter

PrinterThe New England CourierThe Nature & Necessity of Paper CurrencyThe Pennsylvania GazettePoor Richard’s AlmanackThe General MagazinePlain TruthProposals Relating to EducationExperiments & Observations of ElectricityFirst American Political CartoonThe Way to WealthThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Graphic Designer?

Cartoonist!

Once a Printer, Always a PrinterThe body of

B. Franklin, Printer

(Like the Cover of an Old Book

Its Contents torn Out

And Stript of its Lettering and Gilding)

Lies Here, Food for Worms.

But the Work shall not be Lost;

For it will (as he Believ'd) Appear once More

In a New and More Elegant Edition

Revised and Corrected

By the Author

The Quotable Ben Franklin

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I

remember.

Involve me and I learn.”

“Genius without education

is like silver in the mine.”

“God helps them that helps themselves.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

“Applause waits on success.”

“Early to bed and early to rise

makes a man healthy, wealthy, and

wise.”

“In this world nothing can be said to be

certain,

except death and taxes.”

The Quotable Ben Franklin

“Never trust quotes on the Internet.”

The Franklin FamilyWife: Deborah Read Rogers Franklin

Son: William Franklin

Son: Francis Folger Franklin

Daughter: Sarah Franklin Bache

Next!The Way to Wealth, 2015