In 1860 Baltimore, Benjamin is born with the physical appearance of a 70-year-old man, already capable of speech. His father Roger invites neighborhood boys to play with him and orders him to play with children's toys, but Benjamin obeys only to please his father. At five, Benjamin is sent to kindergarten but is quickly withdrawn after he repeatedly falls asleep during child activities. When Benjamin turns 12, the Button family realizes that he is aging backwards. At the age of 18, Benjamin enrolls in Yale College, but is sent home by officials, who think he is a 50-year-old lunatic.
- | Author: Francis Scott Fitzgerald
- | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Nov 26, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 34 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1540647595
- | ISBN-13: 9781540647597