586 pages
English language
Published Jan. 31, 2004 by Simon & Schuster.
4 stars
(1 review)
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.
Subjects
- Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790.
- Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
- Scientists -- United States -- Biography.
- Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
- Printers -- United States -- Biography.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789.