“Anyone interested in Franklin and early America should find this book fascinating. “
– Linda Killian, THE WASHINGTON POST, November 30th 2018
“Accessible and riveting…a deep, nuanced examination of the formative influences on an iconic American figure. “
– PUBLISHERS’ WEEKLY, September 2018
“The Franklin that emerges here…is more dynamic and real than his homespun alias Poor Richard ever could be.”
– Sam Kean, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, September 18th 2018
“Bunker, a former reporter for the Financial Times and an award-winning historian, creates a vibrant, perspicacious, and well-researched portrait of a man hungry for knowledge and ambitious for financial success…. An engaging, illuminating biography of a captivating figure”
– starred review in KIRKUS REVIEWS, June 15th 2018
“This nuanced portrait of the young Franklin captures the fugitive genius of a quintessential American”
– starred review in BOOKLIST, August 1st 2018
“This thoroughly researched examination of the development of America’s earliest preeminent scientist and statesman will appeal to academics and popular history readers”
– LIBRARY JOURNAL, July 2018