Walter Isaacson's "Benjamin Franklin"
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Have any of you die hard Frankie collectors read this? It's a great book about your guy! I enjoy reading about the people who appear on our coinage--so far I've read Grant's memoirs, Jefferson's biography and a number of others. It really makes them come alive.
Curmudgeon in waiting!
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He was one extraordinary person. He wore many hats in his life time.
Everyone should learn about this cat and what he contributed to mankind.
You just cant say enough about him.
Had he not been so inquizative (sp) about lighting, we might still be commuicating
long distance by the US postal service.
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<< <i>Had he not been so inquizative (sp) about lighting, we might still be commuicating
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Franklins experiments with electricity hav little to do with that. I'd give more credit to Volta, Bell, Tesla, Marconi, and Shockley.
Brilliant on so many ways, he strived to excell on so many fronts, but curiously not for the sake of science, politics, etc. But instead to make life more simplier.
A most fascinating person on so so many levels, and most certainly one of the most deserving people to have ever graced an American coin.
It's a great book.