Total Page : 504
Publisher : National Center for Constitutional Studies
Publication Date : 1982 08 01
>> Excellent book
My husband enjoys books about early American history The Real Benjamin Franklin was one he thoroughly enjoyed He had read John Adams by David McCullough which he found fascinating and discovered that this real book added many interesting details about Ben Franklin We both look forward to reading other books in the real series
>> Another Must Read for anyone who votes
No book is perfect but this book is close to it given the limitatins on the time it took to write and the number of pages
Benjamin is one of a half dozen men which contributed most to the development of this country One can honestly say about him that perhaps the independence movement would have failed without him He is the one who got the French to be our ally and blockade the British at Yorktown thus forcing the Brits to surrender This is particularly remarkable since the aid the French provided bankrupted France which helped cause the French Revolution shortly thereafter Jefferson sympathized with the French people and the French Revolution but Washington wisely told us to avoid entangling alliances which Jefferson thought betrayed the French
There were so many great people and Benjamin Franklin was one of the greatest and every American should read about him as well as the rest of the Founding Fathers and the process of developing the foundation of our nation There are excellent books about the debates compromises etc amongst the Founding Fathers as well related books such as Common Sense by Thomas Paine the Federalist Papers etc
>> The Real Benjamin Franklin
What a life Thank you to him for what he did to help us have our country
