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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

by Walter Isaacson

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Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of flesh rather than marble. In this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson shows how the most fascinating of America's founders helped define our national character.

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This book was a great read providing incredible insight in to Dr. Franklin's life. From inventor and champion of the middle class to America's greatest statesman. A must read for anyone with an interest in U.S. history.