Benjamin Franklin

an American life

586 pages

English language

Published Jan. 31, 2004 by Simon & Schuster.

ISBN:
978-0-7432-5807-4
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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.

12 editions

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.