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Benjamin Franklin

An American Life

by Walter Isaacson, Boyd Gaines, Nelson Runger

Cover of Benjamin Franklin
Popularity 183

Chronicles the founding father's life and his multiple careers as a shopkeeper, writer, inventor, media baron, scientist, diplomat, business strategist, and political leader, while showing how his faith in the wisdom of the common citizen helped forge an American national identity based on the virtues of its middle class.

Politics and governmentScientistsPrintersInventorsBiographyStatesmenPoliticiPolitikerUmschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und AuswandererHistory, 18th CenturyGeleerdenFamous Persons