Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

Walter Isaacson

586 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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, he seems made of flesh rather than of marble. In bestselling author Walt...

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informative 97%
inspiring 67%
reflective 45%
funny 29%
adventurous 24%
challenging 18%
lighthearted 18%
relaxing 13%
emotional 5%
hopeful 2%

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