This book, featured in a new season, presented Benjamin Franklin as America's most successful self-made businessman, a printer, scientist, and founding father, suggesting he was more complex than the common image of him flying a kite in the rain. The discussion highlighted that Franklin cast his lot with the revolution, which ultimately split his family apart.
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 Amer...
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This book, featured in a new season, presented Benjamin Franklin as America's most successful self-made businessman, a printer, scientist, and founding father, suggesting he was more complex than the common image of him flying a kite in the rain. The discussion highlighted that Franklin cast his lot with the revolution, which ultimately split his family apart.
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, a 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.