Author : Benjamin Franklin
Publisher : Union Square & Co.
ISBN 13 : 1435137442
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (351 download)
Book Synopsis Selected Writings by : Benjamin Franklin
Download or read book Selected Writings written by Benjamin Franklin and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writer, Statesman, World-traveler, Publisher, Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Diplomat, Newspaper editor, Scientist, Satirist, Pamphleteer, Social critic. Of all Americas illustrious Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin was the one who most readily wore the mantle of the Renaissance Man. His interests were remarkably eclectic, and his talents extraordinarily diverse. A signer of the Declaration of Independence, a founder of the subscription library system, inventor of bifocal eyeglasses and the lightning rod, and an originator of the city of Philadelphias first fire department. Franklin might have gone on to a distinguished career in any of the disciplines for which he showed enthusiasm. Today, we remember him as a writer of some of the wittiest and most stimulating essays and articles published during our nations Colonial era, all informed by his boundless intellectual curiosity and open-minded spirit of inquiry.