A Founding Father of the U.S., Franklin was a true Renaissanceman: writer, publisher, scientist, inventor, and diplomat. Duringhis life, he offered advice on attaining wealth, organized publicinstitutions, and negotiated with foreign powers to ensure hiscountry's survival. Collected here are some of his greatest andmost timeless writings.
Homer Hickam won the praise of critics and the devotion ofreaders with his first two memoirs set in the hardscrabble miningtown of Coalwood, West Virginia. The New York Times crownedhis first book, the #1 national bestseller October Sky , “aneloquent evocation ... a thoroughly charming memoir.” And People called The Coalwood Way , Hickam’s follow-up to October Sky , “a heartwarmer ... truly beautiful andhaunting.”
