Benjamin Franklin
-
-
4.0 • 2 Ratings
-
-
- $24.99
-
- $24.99
Publisher Description
From his beginnings as a journalist at age sixteen to his retirement from public affairs at eighty-two, there was no break in Benjamin Franklin’s activity and accomplishments. A writer, inventor, and statesman, he remains unsurpassed in the range of his natural gifts and the important uses to which he put them.
In this Pulitzer Prize–winning biography, Carl Van Doren incorporates materials from Franklin’s letters, manuscripts, journals, and published works to give the most accurate and comprehensive portrait ever written of this great American.
Customer Reviews
Very good for details about his life
I have read many other books about Franklin’s life and this one is the most daily detailed. It is almost like reading his diary. If you want to know the highlights of his life then THIS IS NOT FOR YOU. This is for the person who loves Franklin and wants to get into the minutia of his life. This book gives you the feel of his daily life and times. Franklin took his son to England and the son was late teens and made a girl pregnant. Where else would you find that out? I enjoyed it and if you love Franklin and want to really know him this is a good book. Roger of Orlando.