New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, Date: 2003. 15th Printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. [12], 590, [6] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations (some in color). Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads: To Tom Kuhn--With best wishes, Walter Isaacson. This is believed to be inscribed to the Tom Kuhn who was the President of the Edison Electric Institute. Mr. Kuhn joined the Institute in 1985 and was named chief operating officer in 1988, and elected president in 1990. Includes Epilogue; Conclusions; Cast of Characters; Chronology; Currency Conversions; Acknowledgments; Sources and Abbreviations; Notes; and Index. Also includes chapters on Benjamin Franklin and the Invention of America; Pilgrim's Progress: Boston, 1706-1723; Journeyman: Philadelphia and London, 1723-1726; Printer: Philadelphia, 1726-1732; Public citizen: Philadelphia, 1731-1748; Scientist and Inventor: Philadelphia, 1744-1751; Politician; Philadelphia, 1749-1756; Troubled Waters: London, 1757-1762; Home Leave: Philadelphia, 1763-1764; Agent Provocateur: London, 1765-1770; Rebel: London, 1771-1775; Independence; Philadelphia, 1775-1776; Courtier: Paris, 1776-1778; Bon Vivant: Paris, 1778-1785; Peacemaker: Paris, 1778-1785; Sage: Philadelphia, 1785-1790. The most interesting thing that Benjamin Franklin invented, and continually reinvented, was himself. America's first great publicist, he was, in his life and in his writings, consciously trying to create a new American archetype. ...