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The wise sage's influence on america and her founding is indisputable. If i could accomplish in my lifetime what benjamin franklin was able to accomplish in any 5-year span of his adult life, i'm sure i would be rich beyond imagination.
This book is readable and informative. It is very inspirational. My writing is also a little convoluted, but i don't think that is because of this book.
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Biography of a mathemetician is much better than isaacson's in terms of readibility, reseach and strength of analysis. In that book, isaacson manages to fog up the science because the physics in question obviously overwhelms his ability to comprehend ... Read More
Isaacson is reputedly a great publicist and business person, but as an historian and researcher he remains woefully ignorant. Isaacson does neither.
Typical left wing liberal democrat nonsense. Revisionist history to promote liberal leftist views. I'm not even a republican but at times it's tough to tell if he has written a franklin biography or anti-gop op-ed.
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Shipment and quality good need now time for reading
His fame as a writer was further consolidated with the publication of his autobiography
I would not discourage anyone from reading this biography but if you’ve read the author’s work on steven jobs i wouldn’t expect... Read More
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Fortunately for franklins sake he had an uncanny ability to land on his feet whether it was as runaway apprentice as owner of a print shop as publisher of a newspaper as a scientist writer or diplomat
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Except in his relationship with his wife and son
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It was translated into french in early 1752
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On the other side of the pond he received honorary doctorate degrees from oxford university and the university of st
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The path of franklin as a writer was rather interesting
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These writings were not only satires and criticisms of contemporary issues but they also contained franklin’s selfhelp rules
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So benjamin went to england for the first time in 1723 at the age of 17
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