The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by H.W. Brands The First Scientific American: Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Genius by Joyce Chaplin Stealing God’s Thunder ...

In the concluding chapter of “Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist,” Richard Munson summarizes the many Franklins that have been offered up to the reading public over the years.

454-493 (40 pages) ABSTRACT: Reappraising Benjamin Franklin ... his character. Franklin's ideas about women, his writings about them, and his relationships with two kinswomen important to his ...