Benjamin Franklin: An American Life - Review
As part of my Day Zero Project goals, I am slowly working through the list of unlistened to audiobooks that I have (40 in all!) and have been working backward from longest to shortest. I was so excited recently when Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson came up next. I have always loved studying Benjamin Franklin. When I was 20, I read his autobiography as part of a college class and came to understand Franklin as sort of the quintessential American ideal; curious, industrious, always striving toward self-improvement, always charming and affable. While I admittedly have an affection for biographies in general (it is probably my favorite genre), this biography has been the easiest and most interesting to listen to by far. The writer is clearly fascinated with his subject, and Franklin doesn't disappoint when it comes to quirks and stories to tell. The biography recounts Franklin's early days and goes into great detail about his intellectual curi