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Benjamin Franklin

Walter Isaacson

2003586 pagesabout 9–13 hours
2003
first published
  • 2003Simon and Schuster · ENGISBN 9780965042635
  • 2003Simon & Schuster · 590 pages · ENGISBN 9780684807614
  • 2003Simon & Schuster, Limited · 608 pages · ENGISBN 9780743260848
  • 2004Simon & Schuster · 586 pages · ENGISBN 9780743258074
  • 2004Thorndike · 907 pages · ENGISBN 9780786260034
  • 2003Simon & Schuster AudioISBN 9780743533645
  • 2017Simon & Schuster AudioISBN 9781508250593
  • 2015Is Bankasi Kültür YayinlariISBN 9786053322405

Chronicles the founding father's life and his multiple careers as a shopkeeper, writer, inventor, media baron, scientist, diplomat, business strategist, and political leader, while showing how his faith in the wisdom of the common citizen helped forge an American national identity based on the virtues of its middle class.

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