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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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   Benjamin Franklin: An American Life▲76

   Biography of the great Benjamin Franklin

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Benjamin Franklin: An American Life▲78

   Entrepreneurship and electric kites in colonial times

   2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Benjamin Franklin: An American Life ▲3

   An engrossing biography of Ben Fraklin by Walter Isaacson

   2015 · amazon.in · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin▲77

   Life lessons from the greatest entrepreneur founding father

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   To Kill A Mockingbird▲71

   Pulitzer Prize winner, an American classic

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Andrew Carnegie▲119

   One of America's most successful businessmen

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   The Count of Monte Cristo▲69

   "On what slender threads do life and fortune hang"

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Last Question by Isaac Asimov▲76

   We are the creator and the creation at the same time.

   2016 · goodreads.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Alexander Hamilton▲93

   The OG biography that inspired Lin-Manuel + the musical

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Steve Jobs▲118

    Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Heinz: A Biography ▲66

    Going broke and coming back with a vengeance

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run▲63

    An intimal and personal view on Springsteens life.

    2016 · amazon.de · its alternatives →

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    A Complete Biography of Alexander Hamilton▲64

    A Complete Biography of Alexander Hamilton

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Goldfinch▲86

    Recent Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Death of a Naturalist▲63

    Nobel Prize Winning Poem about Childhood, Identity, and Work

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Personal History▲6

    Winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Biography

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.▲67

    Great biography on a ruthless early capitalist. Unvarnished.

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Standing by Words▲66

    The essays of Wendell Berry

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Empire of Cotton: A Global History▲61

    Pulitzer Prize finalist; cotton caused modern capitalism

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Kavalier and Clay▲60

    Pulitzer Prize winning fiction book abt a comic book empire

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    John Adams▲68

    Epic bioof a revolutionary turned 2nd President of the USA

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Last Love Song▲117

    A biography of Joan Didion

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    For God, Country, and Coca-Cola▲67

    America's socio-economic history through the "glass"

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    A Confederacy of Dunces▲79

    Pulitzer Prize winner, an American comic masterpiece

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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