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Franklin: The Man Who Bottled Lightning

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Franklin: The Man Who Bottled Lightning

By: James Johnson
Narrated by: Kevin Tromp
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Benjamin Franklin was more than a Founding Father. He was America’s first hacker. He was a printer, a scientist, a diplomat, and a self-made myth who rewired the world long before the Constitution was even an idea.

In FRANKLIN: The Man Who Bottled Lightning, JJ pulls back the curtain on the real Franklin. The storm-chaser, the system-builder, and the charm weapon in a fur hat. This isn’t the wise old man on the $100 bill. This is the sharp-tongued runaway who crashed empires, invented solutions, won over nations, and made rebellion sound reasonable.

From printing press to postmaster, this is the full story of the man who rewrote the game.

Smart, fast, and built like a lightning rod, this is the Franklin biography you didn’t know you needed.

©2025 James Johnson (P)2026 James Johnson
Americas Military & War Professionals & Academics Revolution & Founding Science & Technology United States
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