Length5h 26m
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From Benjamin Franklin's birth in Boston to his election by Congress as America's first ambassador to France, the author traces the fascinating development of an impetuous and saucy youth who became a beloved man on both his native soil and throughout the world. "Few men have more claims to greatness than Benjamin Franklin. He was in his long lifetime, writer, editor and publisher, scientist and inventor, propagandist for the cause of the American colonies, statesman, diplomat. He was a wit and a humorist, a loyal friend and a good family man. From his birth in Boston as the son of a poor candlemaker to his election by Congress as America's first ambassador to France and his subsequent return to the United States, the author traces the fascinating development of an impetuous and saucy youth who became a beloved man both on his native soil and throughout the world."
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Rating★★★★★ 4.6 (12)
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GenreBiography and Memoir, History
Length5 hrs 26 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 30, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
11 A BOYHOOD IN BOSTON
1010 FRIENDSHIPS IN ENGLAND
22 A YOUNG MAN ON HIS OWN
1111 THE TERRIBLE HUTCHINSON LETTERS
33 THE BIRTH OF POOR RICHARD
1212 BEGINNING OF A LONG WAR
44 THE CIVIC-MINDED CITIZEN
1313 THE SPLENDID WORD INDEPENDENCE
55 THE THUNDER GIANT
1414 FRANCE FALLS IN LOVE WITH AN AMERICAN
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66 A BRIEF MILITARY CAREER
1515 AMERICA’S FIRST AMBASSADOR
77 THE BATTLE WITH THE PENNS
1616 A GLORIOUS OLD AGE
88 THE WHITE CHRISTIAN SAVAGES
1717 THE CLOSING YEARS
99 THE STAMP ACT
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