Poor Richard's Lament: A Most Timely Tale

Fiction. From the West Wing of the White House to the "Celestial Trial" of Ben Franklin, to the slums of Philadelphia, POOR RICHARD'S LAMENT takes us on a whirlwind tour of time and space. Ben's odyssey begins at his birth site in Boston, passes through New York, and ends, with wrenching poignancy, at his grave site in Philadelphia. Following in the traditions of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, with intimations of Dante's Divine Comedy, "POOR RICHARD'S LAMENT, nine years in the making, is an intricately woven, ultimately uplifting tale of revelations and redemption.