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The Most Dangerous Man in America
- Narrated by: Lois Betterton
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
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The Most Dangerous Man in America
Narrated by:
Lois Betterton
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Publisher's Summary
There have been numerous biographies of Benjamin Franklin, including his own notorious autobiography. This is the most charming and captivating account of all. Every chapter is a bewitching gem, and Franklin lives and breathes on every page.
This is the last book in Catherine Drinker Bowen's brilliant career. With this, she did not intend to write a full narrative biography. Instead she proposed to write "only what interested me about this most consistently entertaining biographical subject". Thus the book focuses on specific scenes in Franklin's colorful life, including his youthful discoveries with electricity, activity in the Albany Congress of 1754, nine years in London and, of course, his part in America's revolutionary plans.
©1974 Allan Crawford (P)1990 Blackstone Audiobooks
What the critics say
"Franklin, a charmer in his time, charms across the centuries....The book, like the man, is astute and delightful." (The New Yorker)