Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831)

You become an apprentice printer when you are very young because your family is poor.
You travel the North American colonies in your teens, and return to Boston full of ideas.
Your printing office becomes known as "The Sedition Foundry:" a Patriot gathering place. Thomas Hutchinson prosecutes you for libel, but a sympathetic jury refuses to convict you.
You escape from Boston with your printing press as the war begins.
You become the foremost printer and publisher of your generation and die a wealthy