Ebook {Epub PDF} Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson

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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life is a non-fiction book authored by American historian and journalist Walter bltadwin.ruhed in by Simon Schuster, the biographical work details the life and times of prominent U.S. statesman Benjamin bltadwin.ru book has received praise from multiple publications including Foreign Affairs and The Guardian. 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. In best-selling author Walter Isaacson's vivid and witty full-scale biography, we discover why Franklin turns to us from history's stage with eyes that twinkle from. Summary Isaacson does an amazing job of recounting Franklin's impressive life and how it helped shape America's values and character. Franklin rose through the ranks to become one of the world's most foremost scientist, writer, inventor, diplomat and political leader. Key Takeaways Benjamin Franklin was a scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, author, political thinker and more.

In this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Einstein and Steve Jobs, shows how the most fascinating of America's founders helped define our national character. Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of flesh rather than marble. In a sweeping narrative that follows Franklin’s life from Boston to Philadelphia to London and Paris and back, Walter Isaacson chronicles the adventures of the runaway apprentice who became, over the course of his eighty-four-year life, America’s best writer, inventor, media baron, scientist, diplomat, and business strategist, as well as one of its most practical and ingenious political leaders. In this University of Pennsylvania program, Walter Isaacson, president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, discusses the life of one of Americas most influential.