Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacson 1st edition Signed by the author

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Beautiful
Hand Signed 1st Edition Book
about one of Americas Founding Fathers and Inventor and who is Displayed on the 100 dollar note.
Not an easy Book to find in Near Mint Condition and signed,
Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us - an ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings.
In best-selling author Walter Isaacson's vivid and witty full-scale biography, we discover why Franklin turns to us from history's stage with eyes that twinkle from behind his new-fangled spectacles. In
Benjamin Franklin
, Isaacson shows how Franklin defines both his own time and ours.
The most interesting thing that Franklin invented, and continually reinvented, was himself. America's first great publicist, he was consciously trying to create a new American archetype. In the process, he carefully crafted his own persona, portrayed it in public, and polished it for posterity. His guiding principle was a "dislike of everything that tended to debase the spirit of the common people". Few of his fellow founders felt this comfort with democracy so fully, and none so intuitively.
In this colorful and intimate narrative, Isaacson provides the full sweep of Franklin's amazing life, from his days as a runaway printer to his triumphs as a statesman, scientist, and Founding Father. He chronicles Franklin's tumultuous relationship with his illegitimate son and grandson, his practical marriage, and his flirtations with the ladies of Paris. He also shows how Franklin helped to create the American character and why he has a particular resonance in the 21st century.
Walter Isaacson
(born May 20, 1952)is an
American
author, journalist, and professor. He has been the President and CEO of the
Aspen Institute
, a nonpartisan policy studies organization based in
Washington, D.C.
, the chair and CEO of
CNN
, and the editor of
Time
.
Born in
New Orleans
,
Louisiana
, he attended
Harvard University
and the
University of Oxford
as a
Rhodes scholar
at
Pembroke College
. He is the author of
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
(2021),
Leonardo da Vinci
(2017),
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
(2014),
Steve Jobs
(2011),
American Sketches
(2009),
Einstein: His Life and Universe
(2007),
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
(2003), and
Kissinger: A Biography
(1992). He is the co-author with
Evan Thomas
of
The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made
(1986).
Isaacson is a professor at
Tulane University
and an advisory partner at
Perella Weinberg Partners
, a New York City-based financial services firm. He was vice chair of the
Louisiana Recovery Authority
, which oversaw the rebuilding after
Hurricane Katrina
, chaired the government board that runs
Voice of America
, and was a member of the Defense Innovation Board.