Benjamin Franklin : an American life
Isaacson, Walter
Benjamin Franklin : an American life / Walter Isaacson - New York : Simon & Schuster , c2003 - 586 p. : illus ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us - an ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings. The most interesting thing that Franklin invented, and continually reinvented, was himself. America's first great publicist, he was consciously trying to create a new American archetype. In the process, he carefully crafted his own persona, portrayed it in public, and polished it for posterity. H
English
9780743258074
Franklin, Benjamin (, 1706-1790)
Statesman---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
92 FRA
Benjamin Franklin : an American life / Walter Isaacson - New York : Simon & Schuster , c2003 - 586 p. : illus ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us - an ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings. The most interesting thing that Franklin invented, and continually reinvented, was himself. America's first great publicist, he was consciously trying to create a new American archetype. In the process, he carefully crafted his own persona, portrayed it in public, and polished it for posterity. H
English
9780743258074
Franklin, Benjamin (, 1706-1790)
Statesman---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
92 FRA
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