biography of benjamin franklin by walter isaacson

In this colorful and intimate narrative, Isaacson provides the full sweep of Franklin's amazing life, showing how he helped to forge the American national identity and why he has a particular resonance in the twenty-first century. He explores the wit behind Poor Richard's Almanac and the wisdom behind the Declaration of Independence, the new nation's alliance with France, the treaty that ended the Revolution, and the compromises that created a near-perfect Constitution. In this lecture, Isaacson talks about one of his earliest subjects, the early American statesman, inventor and writer, Benjamin Franklin. Americas first great publicist, he carefully crafted his own persona, portrayed it in public and polished it for posterity. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, Statesmen - United States - Biography, Scientists - United States - Biography, Inventors - United States - Biography, Printers - United States - Biography, United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783, United States - Politics and government - 1783-1789. He was also one of its most practical political thinkers.

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. During his 84-year life Benjamin Franklin was Americas best scientist, inventor, publisher, business strategist, diplomat, and writer. 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. 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.īenjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of flesh rather than marble. Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of flesh rather than marble.

Biography of benjamin franklin by walter isaacson