Benjamin Franklin: an American Life.(Book Review) From: Parameters | Date: September 22, 2004| Author: Rider, Thomas A. | COPYRIGHT 2004 U.S. Army War College. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life. By Walter Isaacson. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. 590 pages. $30.00. Reviewed by Captain Thomas A. Rider, Instructor, Department of History, US Military Academy.

The last several years have seen the resurgence of biographies and other historical works focused on America's founding generation. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Gouverneur Morris, and others have all appeared as the subjects of rece...

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