Pub Date: June 1, 2004
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2003050463
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography, Index, Maps, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 1.48" H x 9.12" L x 6.12" W ( 1.73 lbs) 608 pages
BISAC Categories:
Biography and Autobiography | Historical | Political | History | United States | Revolutionary Period 17751800 | Science and Technology
Description: This sweeping narrative chronicles the adventures of the spunky runaway apprentice who became, during his 84-year life, America's best writer, inventor, media baron, scientist, diplomat, and business strategist, as well as one of its most practical and ingenious political leaders.
Brief description: Walter Isaacson is the bestselling author of biographies of Elon Musk, Jennifer Doudna, Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, and Albert Einstein. He is a professor of history at Tulane and was CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor of Time. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2023. Visit him at Isaacson.Tulane.edu.
Review Quotes: The Washington Post Book World The most readable full-length Franklin biography available.