Book

The Real Benjamin Franklin

by Andrew M. Allison

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Published

1982

Genre

Biography

Pages

504

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/738676.The_Real_Benjamin_Franklin?ac=1&from_search=true

There are many Benjamin Franklins -- or at least he has taken on many different forms in the history books of the last two centuries. Some historians have shown us an aged statesman whose wise and steadying influence kept the Constitutional Convention together in 1787, while others have conjured up sensational tales of a lecherous old diplomat. Unfounded myths are now being repeated and embellished in school textbooks and educational television programs. Which of all these Benjamin Franklins, if any, is real? This book is an attempt to answer that question. The Real Benjamin Franklin seats us across the table from the one person who really knew Benjamin Franklin -- that is, Franklin himself -- and gives him an opportunity to explain his life and ideas in his own words.

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Benjamin FranklinFounding FathersPeople-InventorsPeople-ScientistsThomas Jefferson Education YouthUnited States of America