Walter Isaacson

Published by ESDUCK

At once a scientist, craftsman, writer, publisher, comic, sage, ladies' man, statesman, diplomat, inventor, and one of the Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin is considered by many the most admirable American. This revolutionary leader embraced political tradition that defines America, one that prizes pragmatism over moralism, religious tolerance over fundamentalist rigidity, and social mobility over class privilege. In this colorful and intimate biography, Walter Isaacson shows how Franklin helped to create the American character and why he has a particular resonance in the twenty-first century.

Walter Isaacson is the president of the Aspen Institute and has been the chairman of CNN and the managing editor of the Times Magazine.