Franklin, Benjamin.(Benjamin Franklin, an American Life)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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Benjamin Franklin, an American Life. Walter Isaacson. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. 596 pp. $30.00.

"[This is a] solid new biography.... Isaacson's account of Franklin's diplomacy during and after the ...

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