Primary source
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Biography by Walter Isaacson · 2003 · grounds Benjamin Franklin
Overview
Isaacson's biography. Best modern source for Franklin's diplomatic work in France, the Junto's institutional legacy, and his reinventions across seven careers.
A full write-up of this book has not been published yet.
Skills drawn from this book
Installable Claude Code skills grounded in this text. Each one teaches a framework the book actually argues for.