Benjamin Franklin
By Edmund S. Morgan; Benjamin Franklin (Foreword by)
(Yale University Press, Hardcover, 9780300095326, 352pp.)
Publication Date: August 2002
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback
Categories: Historical - General, Political
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Description
Perhaps the most remarkable figure in American history, Benjamin Franklin was a man of vast contradictions as this brilliant biography of the statesman, scientist, and moralist demonstrates. Unraveling the enigma of Franklin's character, Morgan shows that he was the rare individual who consistently placed public interest above his own desires. Illustrations.
Praise For Benjamin Franklin…
"A model biography: pithy, wise, and — despite its brevity — complete. Franklin emerges as a quintessential hero of his time, and ours."—Newsweek, "Fifty Books That Make Sense of Our Times"
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