From the Book - First edition.
Prologue: The enigmatic seer
Part one: Beginnings. His ingenious kin ; Coats of many colors ; Coming to America
Part two: A Boston boy. His happy childhood ; Mr. Pemberton's method ; For the love of books
Part three: The breakout. The New-England Courant ; The crusade of the Delaware ; Forgetting Boston ; Little Britain ; The papists of Duke Street
Part four: The weekly grind. Seaweed, sickness, and the junto ; Citizen Franklin ; Years of success ; The Devil's instrument ; War and Mr. Whitefield
Part five: The dawn of American science. A change of life ; Colden, Franklin, and the two frontiers ; A calling found
Epilogue: An uneasy spirit.