Author Stacy Schiff in conversation with, J. A. Leo Lemay, author of Penn Press's The Life of Benjamin Franklin, a magisterial seven-volume project which brings together the major sources in Franklin's life. Born into a humble tradesman's family, this adaptable genius rose to become an architect of the world's first democracy. His life and careers were so varied and successful that he remains, even today, the epitome of the self-made man.

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