Benjamin Franklin: The Shaping of Genius, The Boston Years
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: small tears on dust jacket but still maintains integrity
Before he was a Founding Father, a diplomat, or a scientist, he was a boy in Boston—and a genius in the making. In "Benjamin Franklin: The Shaping of Genius," Arthur Bernon Tourtellot provides a meticulous and illuminating account of the formative first seventeen years of Franklin's life. Moving beyond the established myths, Tourtellot examines the social, religious, and intellectual landscape of early 18th-century Boston that molded one of history's most versatile minds. This volume explores: His Puritan roots and the influence of his family life. His early apprenticeship in the printing trade and the birth of his literary voice. The rebellious spirit that led him to flee his hometown for Philadelphia. Richly detailed and deeply researched, this biography offers a fresh perspective on the internal and external forces that created the man who would eventually "snatch lightning from the sky and the scepter from tyrants." It is an essential read for anyone interested in the roots of the American character and the early life of a true Enlightenment polymath.
Author: Arthur Bernon Tourtellot
Format: Hardback
Published: 1977, Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: small tears on dust jacket but still maintains integrity
Before he was a Founding Father, a diplomat, or a scientist, he was a boy in Boston—and a genius in the making. In "Benjamin Franklin: The Shaping of Genius," Arthur Bernon Tourtellot provides a meticulous and illuminating account of the formative first seventeen years of Franklin's life. Moving beyond the established myths, Tourtellot examines the social, religious, and intellectual landscape of early 18th-century Boston that molded one of history's most versatile minds. This volume explores: His Puritan roots and the influence of his family life. His early apprenticeship in the printing trade and the birth of his literary voice. The rebellious spirit that led him to flee his hometown for Philadelphia. Richly detailed and deeply researched, this biography offers a fresh perspective on the internal and external forces that created the man who would eventually "snatch lightning from the sky and the scepter from tyrants." It is an essential read for anyone interested in the roots of the American character and the early life of a true Enlightenment polymath.