Benjamin Franklin
by Walter Isaacson, Boyd Gaines, Nelson Runger
Politics and governmentScientistsPrintersInventorsBiography
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Open LibraryAbout this book
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.
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Politics and governmentScientistsPrintersInventorsBiographyStatesmen
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United States1775-17831783-1789
About the author
Walter Isaacson
20 May 1952
Walter Isaacson, the CEO of the Aspen Institute, has been chairman of CNN and the managing editor of Time magazine. He is the author of Steve Jobs; Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; and Kissinger: A Biography, and the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. He lives in Washington, DC. [(Source)][1] [1]: http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Walter-Isaacson/697650
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