Walter Isaacson's new season focused on Benjamin Franklin, describing him as America's most successful self-made business person, who was a printer, scientist, and founding father, but perhaps not as the public perceived him. Franklin ultimately sided with revolution, which caused a split in his family.
We think of Franklin as the doddering dude flying a kite in the rain. Benjamin Franklin is our subject for a new season with Walter Isaacson.
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Walter Isaacson's new season focused on Benjamin Franklin, describing him as America's most successful self-made business person, who was a printer, scientist, and founding father, but perhaps not as the public perceived him. Franklin ultimately sided with revolution, which caused a split in his family.
We think of Franklin as the doddering dude flying a kite in the rain. Benjamin Franklin is our subject for a new season with Walter Isaacson.
He's the most successful self-made business person in America. A printer, a scientist, founding father, but maybe not the guy we think we know.
Franklin cast his lot on the side of revolution and it's another thing that splits the family apart.