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24 alternatives to Benjamin Franklin by Carl Van Doren
The 1938 Pulitzer Prize winning biography, not the Walter I…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Benjamin Franklin by Carl Van Doren launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Biography of the great Benjamin Franklin
2015 · its alternatives →
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Entrepreneurship and electric kites in colonial times
2015 · its alternatives →
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An engrossing biography of Ben Fraklin by Walter Isaacson
2015 · its alternatives →
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Life lessons from the greatest entrepreneur founding father
2015 · its alternatives →
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"On what slender threads do life and fortune hang"
2015 · its alternatives →
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We are the creator and the creation at the same time.
2016 · its alternatives →
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The OG biography that inspired Lin-Manuel + the musical
2016 · its alternatives →
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An intimal and personal view on Springsteens life.
2016 · its alternatives →
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A Complete Biography of Alexander Hamilton
2016 · its alternatives →
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Nobel Prize Winning Poem about Childhood, Identity, and Work
2015 · its alternatives →
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Great biography on a ruthless early capitalist. Unvarnished.
2015 · its alternatives →
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Pulitzer Prize finalist; cotton caused modern capitalism
2015 · its alternatives →
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Pulitzer Prize winning fiction book abt a comic book empire
2015 · its alternatives →
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How Ford got into business, and how he succeeded (big time)
2016 · its alternatives →
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America's socio-economic history through the "glass"
2016 · its alternatives →
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