A lively and inspirational tale of how a youngster who arrived in Philadelphia in 1723, grimy and almost penniless, became, well, Benjamin Franklin.
While Franklin's disquisitions on virtue can get a little dour, his vivid portrait of the rough-and-tumble commercial world of the 1700s helped spread the notion of America as a land of opportunity.
Lesson: Save your pennies, sure, but don't be afraid to drop them to grab the opportunities that come your way.
