Benjamin Franklin had no boundaries, he was alos a great author. As you may know he did the Poor Richard´s Almanack that was in part written by him and the other part borrowedfrom other authors. Poor Richard was just the pseudonym that Franklin used to write the almanack. It was a bestseller in the colonies , the print runs got to 10,000 books per year which was a lot in that time. Benjamin was an inventor , statesman and publisher and he reached even more success with his almanack. Franklin´s almanack included weather forecasts , practical house hold hints, puzzles and many other amusement activities. The almanack also had Franklins famous quotes. In the almanack you can see how he had an extensive word play derived from the vernacular.
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