Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American imagination. He was, after all, the man who risked life and limb to fly a ...

Child of the Puritans -- Exodus to Philadelphia, sojourn in London -- Philadelphia printer -- Poor Richard -- Ben Franklin's closest Evangelical friend -- Electrical man -- Tribune of the people -- ...

Volume 1: Journalist 1706-1730 -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Part 1: Boston: Youth, 1706-1723: -- Prologue: Quandary -- Boston -- Child to adolescent ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! David M. Rubenstein and Walter Isaacson discussed Benjamin Franklin’s life, family, and contributions to founding the nation.

Avaricious American authors out to capitalize on the renown of the Founding Fathers have always known to take a reading of ...

I recently read the biography of Benjamin Franklin, 1 and it did not disappoint. Franklin grew up in working-class conditions, starting his career early on as a tradesman and then pivoting into ...

A glass armonica, originally invented by Benjamin Franklin and revived at a recent performance at the Park Avenue Armory (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) In 1761, Benjamin Franklin invented an ...