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An american life, this collection of franklin's writings shows. The most interesting thing that franklin invented, and continually reinvented, was himself. Bf to cadwallader colden, nov.

An american national identity based on the virtues and values of its middle.

Benjamin franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of flesh rather than marble. The most interesting thing that franklin invented, and continually reinvented, was himself. 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. Isaacson's book is wonderful, but why not read the words of the man himself too?