![]() This is all before he turned to politics! During this pre-political life, Franklin was especially frugal, focused and diligent in his work. Starting as a teenage runaway, he progressed his career from apprentice to printer to publisher to franchisor. ![]() ![]() Franklin is a shining example of just how much one can accomplish in a single lifetime. Written by Walter Isaacson, onetime president of CNN and author of books on Leonardo DaVinci and Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life renewed my appreciation for Franklin’s journey from humble tradesman to American Founding Father.īeyond the trivia and anecdotes, one would expect reading of a life as full as Franklin’s, a number of themes stuck with me well after I’d turned the last page on Isaacson’s biography. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life provides a much more thorough and (naturally) objective look at Franklin. ![]() Did you know he began his professional life by running away as a teenager to Philadelphia?īut I always need more data. Franklin’s honesty sparked my real interest in the U.S. Curious, I read the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin a few years back. ![]() Popular images of Benjamin Franklin often center on three items: the bifocals, the kite, the key. ![]()
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