Before Benjamin Franklin became a printer, newsman, author, inventor, philosopher, diplomat and founding father of the United ...

There is a lot to be said for making America great again. But what does that mean? Thinking about this, my mind turned to a ...

In the public’s mind, Benjamin Franklin’s scientific work has largely been reduced to this one experiment, in which Franklin demonstrated that discharges from thunderstorms are electric in nature (SN: ...

Let’s go around the room and first with you, Bill. What did you mean when you say in the title in your book that Benjamin Franklin was the first American? The First American? MR. BRAND ...

The same is true for the name, Benjamin Franklin, which came to stand for all sorts of things ... Content may require purchase if you do not have access.) To save this book to your Kindle, first ...

(Sample: “A leader has a vision.”) In part because Benjamin Franklin had such a multifarious career—printer, writer, humorist, postmaster, inventor, scientist, polemicist, diplomat—he is ...

As one of the best states for education in the country, Massachusetts is home to many well-established libraries.

What were you surprised about in Franklin’s life? Katy: There is an amazing book by one of our interviewees, Sheila Skemp, (Benjamin and William Franklin: Father and Son, Patriot and Loyalist ...

""Perhaps the mingling of the forgotten with the dust of our vanished dwellings is the secret of its survival,"" writes Benjamin in his beautiful book about the small things he remembers from his ...

Comprehensive and accessible, this Companion addresses several well-known themes in the study of Franklin and his writings, while also showing Franklin in conversation with his British and European ...