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Franklin has been plucked from the past and inserted into my daily life. I feel like we could have been friends. Of all the founding fathers, he is the easiest to connect too and understand. This book (audio)is a bit daunting to start but ends up being very hard to put down. I found myself bursting into laughter at his lively quips and hilarious writings. I was rather angry with some of his choices especially in regards to his arms length treatment of his family.Sad during the harder times and l
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A wonderful biography, especially in dealing with Franklin's early life and his retirement years. I was fascinated by the discussion of his common law marriage and his relationships with his family--especially his son, William, and his grandson, Temple. His importance in shaping every founding document from the Albany Plan to the Constitution is highlighted as are his contributions in a variety of fields such as science and diplomacy. Most interesting was the concluding essay which dealt with Fr
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