Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 99. Chapters: Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Mumia Abu-Jamal, MOVE, Smedley Butler, Barbara Gittings, Benjamin Rush, Joe Acanfora, Leon Sullivan, Lucretia Mott, Haym Solomon, Richard Trumka, Michael Manzo, Molefi Asante, Florence Kelley, Bob Guzzardi, Russ Diamond, Arthur Waskow, Terence V. Powderly, C. Delores Tucker, Sonia Sanchez, Bob Durgin, Ida Craddock, Barbara Harris, Chris Bartlett, Benjamin Lay, Bernard Segal, William H. Gray, Maggie Kuhn, Atrios, Charlie Gerow, Abigail Hopper Gibbons, Charlotte Forten Grimke, Paul Comly French, Ken Davis, Kathy Change, Joseph F. Beam, Kay Lahusen, Ellery Schempp, Margaret Downey, Kiyoshi Kuromiya, Shane Claiborne, Bill George, Harrisburg Seven, Stephanie Nyombayire, Tom Lingenfelter, David L. Cohen, Matthew J. Brouillette, David F. Girard-diCarlo, John Africa, Donna Cooper, Fred Anton, Don Eberly, Gene Stilp, Joan Chittister, Ben Stahl, Uriah Smith Stephens, Johnny Dougherty, David Morehouse, David W. Sweet, Glen Meakem, Cecil B. Moore, Doyle Corman, Chris Lilik, Tim Potts, Mary Scullion, Richard Bloomingdale, Anita Cornwell, J. Whyatt Mondesire, Eric Epstein, Alfred H. Love, Jim Testerman, Clark Polak. Excerpt: Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and the glass 'armonica'. He formed both the first public lending library in America and the first fire department in Pennsylvania. Franklin earned the title of...