{"product_id":"the-first-american-the-life-and-times-of-benjamin-franklin","title":"The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin","description":"\u003cb\u003ePULITZER PRIZE FINALIST \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Franklin, perhaps \u003ci\u003ethe \u003c\/i\u003epivotal figure in colonial and revolutionary America, comes vividly to life in this \"thorough biography of ... America's first Renaissance man\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eby the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of \u003ci\u003eOur First Civil War.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The authoritative Franklin biography for our time.\" --Joseph J. Ellis, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eFounding Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWit, diplomat, scientist, philosopher, businessman, inventor, and bon vivant, Benjamin Franklin's \"life is one every American should know well, and it has not been told better than by Mr. Brands\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e). From penniless runaway to highly successful printer, from ardently loyal subject of Britain to architect of an alliance with France that ensured America's independence, Franklin went from obscurity to become one of the world's most admired figures, whose circle included the likes of Voltaire, Hume, Burke, and Kant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on previously unpublished letters and a host of other sources, acclaimed historian H. W. Brands has written a thoroughly engaging biography of the eighteenth-century genius. A much needed reminder of Franklin's greatness and humanity, \u003ci\u003eThe First American\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis a work of meticulous scholarship that provides a magnificent tour of a legendary historical figure, a vital era in American life, and the countless arenas in which the protean Franklin left his legacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook for H.W. Brands's other biographies: ANDREW JACKSON, THE MAN WHO SAVED THE UNION (Ulysses S. Grant), TRAITOR TO HIS CLASS (Franklin Roosevelt) and REAGAN.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987757400295,"sku":"9780385495400","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_bd42dcaf-84c6-47dd-a0f4-fcf57567db07.jpg?v=1776395690","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-first-american-the-life-and-times-of-benjamin-franklin","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}