The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 3: Soldier, Scientist, and Politician, 1748-1757
J. A. Leo Lemay, "The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 3: Soldier, Scientist, and Politician, 1748-1757"
English | ISBN: 0812241215 | 2008 | 768 pages | AZW3 | 6 MB
English | ISBN: 0812241215 | 2008 | 768 pages | AZW3 | 6 MB
Described as "a harmonious human multitude," Ben Franklin's life and careers were so varied and successful that he remains, even today, the epitome of the self-made man. Born into a humble tradesman's family, this adaptable genius rose to become an architect of the world's first democracy, a leading light in Enlightenment science, and a major creator of what has come to be known as the American character. Journalist, musician, politician, scientist, humorist, inventor, civic leader, printer, writer, publisher, businessman, founding father, philosopher—a genius in all fields and a bit of a magician in some.
Volume 3 begins in the year 1748, when Franklin was known in Pennsylvania as clerk of the Pennsylvania Assembly and in the Middle Colonies as the printer and editor of
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