The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by H.W. Brands

The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin

H.W. Brands

784 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative inspiring slow-paced
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Benjamin Franklin, perhaps the pivotal figure in colonial and revolutionary America, comes vividly to life in this “thorough biography of … America’s first Renaissance man” (The Washington Post) by the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling...

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