A review by lakecake
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson

4.0

Ben Franklin was always one of my favorite "Founding Fathers" because he just seemed like someone's cheeky old grandpa. In a lot of ways, he was, but he was also a lot more complex. He's become a sort of one dimensional character in everyone's mind--oh, crazy Ben Franklin with his kite in a lightning storm!--that it's nice to be reminded that he was more than that. Isaacson is one of my favorite biographers too. He writes a really thorough book without ever becoming boring.