Where does America’s national character come from? Actually, you could make a good case that it’s … all from one guy: Benjamin Franklin.
Ben Franklin may just have been the most American American ever. Here's what we mean: Chances are that almost every trait you think of as part of the country’s cultural DNA … is something you can find in the life of Benjamin Franklin.
Between his newspaper, the Pennsylvania Gazette, and his best-selling book series, Poor Richard’s Almanac, Franklin did so well as a publisher that he was able to retire by the age of 42.
