Clear-eyed analysis, brisk storytelling, and moral insight converge to show Franklin not as a relic but as a manual for action-how to test an idea, market an invention, broker consent, and live with consequences. For readers of intellectual history, invention, and the Founding era, this is a concise, electrifying portrait of a life that kept asking questions until the world changed in answer. Read it to think better, act smarter, and admire a man who could fly a kite in a storm and then charm a king.