CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

NOTE TO READERS

PREFACE: THE RUNAWAY

1 “AS A YOUNG GENIUS”

Grow Crystal Candy

Shoot a Game of Marbles

Pour a Bar of Soap

2 “A YOUNG MAN OF PROMISING PARTS”

Create Your Own Paper

Make a Leather Apron

3 “ANY OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE”

Design and Print an Almanac Cover

Create Charged Cereal

4 “A FIRM LOYALTY TO THE CROWN”

Dig into Your Family Tree

Play a Glass Armonica

5 SNATCHING THE SCEPTER FROM TYRANTS

Make Fancy Shoe Buckles

Cook a French Feast

Learn French Words and Phrases

6 “SOMETHING FIT TO END WITH”

Design a Turkey Seal for the United States

Make a Barometer

Make a Walking Stick for Your Gout

Cast Franklin’s Rising Sun

PLACES TO VISIT AND WEB RESOURCES

FURTHER READING FOR KIDS

SELECTED RESOURCES