The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
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Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History, Substores
Book Type: Paperback
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Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History, Substores
Book Type: Paperback
The best biography I've ever read. Franklin is so human I could walk into the next room and not be surprised to see him setting there.
The biographer also makes a very compelling argument that Ben Franklin was the most indispensable figure in the American Revolutionary adventure. Or at least tied with Washington.
Most historians agree that without George Washington, there's nobody else who could've stepped forward to successfully keep an army together, miraculously beat the most powerful country in the world, and then step down when people were asking him to become emperor.
After this book, though, you'll believe the war was unwinnable without Franklin - nobody else could've gotten the French to lend the US money and give naval support (and others did try).
Plus, of course, the man's life was fascinating.
The biographer also makes a very compelling argument that Ben Franklin was the most indispensable figure in the American Revolutionary adventure. Or at least tied with Washington.
Most historians agree that without George Washington, there's nobody else who could've stepped forward to successfully keep an army together, miraculously beat the most powerful country in the world, and then step down when people were asking him to become emperor.
After this book, though, you'll believe the war was unwinnable without Franklin - nobody else could've gotten the French to lend the US money and give naval support (and others did try).
Plus, of course, the man's life was fascinating.
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