ePub Guardian of the Great Lakes: The U.S. Paddle Frigate Michigan by Bradley A. Rodgers in History

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Blessed with enormous talents and the energy and ambition to go with them; Franklin was a statesman; author; inventor; printer; and scientist. He helped draft the Declaration of Independence and later was involved in negotiating the peace treaty with Britain that ended the Revolutionary War. He also invented bifocals; a stove that is still manufactured; a water-harmonica; and the lightning rod.Franklin's extraordinary range of interests and accomplishments are brilliantly recorded in his Autobiography; considered one of the classics of the genre. Covering his life up to his prewar stay in London as representative of the Pennsylvania Assembly; this charming self-portrait recalls Franklin's boyhood; his determination to achieve high moral standards; his work as a printer; experiments with electricity; political career; experiences during the French and Indian War; and more. Related in an honest; open; unaffected style; this highly readable account offers a wonderfully intimate glimpse of the Founding Father sometimes called "the wisest American."