Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of flesh rather than marble. In this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson shows how the most fascinating of America's founders helped define our national character. In a sweeping narrative that follows Franklin's life from Boston to Philadelphia to London and...
Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of flesh rather than marble. In this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson shows how the most fascinating of America's founders helped define our national character. In a sweeping narrative that follows Franklin's life from Boston to Philadelphia to London and Paris and back, Isaacson chronicles the adventures of the spunky runaway apprentice who became, during his 84-year life, America's best writer, inventor, media baron, scientist, diplomat, and business strategist, as well as one of its most practical and ingenious political leaders. He explores the wit behind Poor Richard's Almanac and the wisdom behind the Declaration of Independence, the new nation's alliance with France, the treaty that ended the Revolution, and the compromises that created a near-perfect Constitution. Above all, Isaacson shows how Franklin's unwavering faith in the wisdom of the common citizen and his instinctive appreciation for the possibilities of democracy helped to forge an American national identity based on the virtues and values of its middle class.
I couldn't finish it. It is not a smooth read.. I don't know if it is because the author did not write well, or just because I cannot relate to this great American figure.
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0 有用 optman 2023-06-07 16:46:59 广西
大量长句和词汇，适合学习英语
1 有用 Peipei 2015-04-02 22:25:36
传奇的人物，写得也很好。
0 有用 Le 2010-10-29 06:51:32
I couldn't finish it. It is not a smooth read.. I don't know if it is because the author did not write well, or just because I cannot relate to this great American figure.
0 有用 Chung-Wan 2015-03-11 15:51:23
好多关于Ben调情的八卦，还有太啰嗦，没有很突出的线条。
0 有用 thisisit 2023-11-26 19:55:37 北京
One of the Founding Fathers. Helped in reaching consensus in how to establish senate and congress.
0 有用 Meixg 2023-11-30 11:16:35 北京
我选择读维基百科
0 有用 thisisit 2023-11-26 19:55:37 北京
One of the Founding Fathers. Helped in reaching consensus in how to establish senate and congress.
0 有用 sc2324 2023-11-24 13:20:41 美国
杂乱的写作掩不住主角的光辉。
0 有用 格林制剂 2023-10-13 07:54:35 上海
塑造了一个完整的富兰克林，是一个好的外交家、政治家，但不是一个好的丈夫和父亲，人无完人啊
1 有用 Susan 2023-07-29 12:20:02 江苏
我把制宪会议最后一天的演讲读了多遍，依然觉得它的震撼力穿越了时空。