![]() ![]() He established his business with energy and audacity, creating numerous personae for himself and indeed an entire philosophy of practical accomplishment and moderation that was later despised as “bourgeois”. He started out as a printer and became America's premier writer as well as a media magnate by his mid-40s, when he essentially retired for the sake of scientific pursuits and later, politics and diplomacy. Franklin is one of those protean figures, a founding father with a sense of humor, a dash of cynicism that surprises in its service to ideals, and an energy that can only astonish.įranklin had a pioneering career. Finally, there is the human being behind the hero, and let’s face it: every bio is about some kind of extraordinary person, even when they embody evil. Others include placing the subject in context, less as a reflection of the ideas in the air than as an agent shaping them. One of the arts of biography is to instill a fresh sense of wonder, particularly when it is about a figure you think you know well. ![]()
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