ON BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Episode 2: The Great American Character
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From writing under pen names in the newspaper as a teenager, to the Poor Richard maxims we all know, to the autobiography he created to show the path toward American virtues, Ben Franklin literally wrote the books on what it means to be American. But how close was the real Ben Franklin to the character he created?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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