Benjamin Franklin (Nota Bene)

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Illustrated
2003
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The greatest statesman of his age, Benjamin Franklin was also a pioneering scientist, a successful author, the first American postmaster general, a printer and a bon vivant. In addition, he was a man of vast contradictions. This biography offers a compact and provocative portrait of America's most extraordinary patriot.

Synopsis

The greatest statesman of his age, Benjamin Franklin was also a pioneering scientist, a successful author, the first American postmaster general, a printer and a bon vivant. In addition, he was a man of vast contradictions. This biography offers a compact and provocative portrait of America's most extraordinary patriot.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 368
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 01 Aug 2003
ISBN 10: 0300101627
ISBN 13: 9780300101621

Media Reviews

While several previous biographies provide fuller accounts of Franklin's life, none rivals Morgan's study for its grasp of Franklin's character, its affinity not just for his ideas, but for the way his mind worked. Joseph J. Ellis, London Review of Books Superb... The best short biography of Franklin ever written. A concise and beautifully written portrait of an American hero. Gordon Wood, New York Review of Books Entrancing... lucid and entertaining. Charles M. Carberry, USA Today In this engaging and readable book, Edmund Morgan does more than recount the colourful and gripping story of Franklin's long, action- and idea-filled life; he also skillfully dissects the man's personality and mind, his social self and political beliefs. Susan Dunn, New York Times Book Review A luminous biography. Louis P. Masur, Chicago Tribune Book Review It is difficult, perhaps impossible, to find fault with this book. Carol Berkin, New England Quartely

Author Bio

Edmund S. Morgan is Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University. He has written more than a dozen books including Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America, which won the Bancroft Prize, and American Slavery, American Freedom, which won the Francis Parkman Prize and the Albert J. Beveridge Award. Cited as one of America's most distinguished historians, Morgan was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2000.