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Author
Paul Leicester Ford
Language
English
Genre
audiobook
by Paul Leicester Ford
recording of The Many-Sided Franklin by Paul Leicester Ford. Read in English by Michele Fry A fast-paced, somewhat racey look into the life, accomplishments and idiosyncrasies of Benjamin Franklin. Acclaimed biographer Paul L.
Ford uses Franklin’s letters, papers and journals to step us through Franklin's many adventures, to reveal intimate details of his personal life - relations with siblings, wife, children, friends, business partners; his physique, health, illnesses, schooling, personal habits and goals; his opinions on education, philosophy, religion, friendship, industry; his library; his career as printer and publisher, writer and journalist, politician and diplomat, scientist, humorist, jack of all trades; and his relations at home and abroad with the “fairer sex“. Goes beyond the official Autobiography. A must read for Franklin devotees.
- Summary by Michele Fry, Soloist For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the catalog page for this recording. org.
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I kept pausing to think about what I just heard. That's the mark of a good book for me — when it makes you stop and actually reflect. The Many-Sided Franklin did that consistently.
Not a single chapter felt like filler. Paul Leicester Ford respects your time and delivers value throughout. Went in expecting decent, came out genuinely impressed.
There are books you finish and forget. Then there are books like The Many-Sided Franklin that you keep going back to mentally. This is the second kind. Brilliant.
My partner overheard me listening and ended up sitting down with me for the rest of it. We're both still talking about it. That's not nothing.
