{"data":{"description":"Archiving Early America - Lives Of Early America","title":"Lives of Early America","post_type":"page","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"bdritrt\" style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"bdritrt\" style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/rare-images/early-scenes/\"\u003eSee Rare Scenes of America's Founders!\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mostpop\" style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/tour-early-americas-historic-sites-free-app/\"\u003eInstall Our App And Tour Early America's Historic Sites!\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/free-early-america-e-books/\"\u003eDownload Free eBooks from Early America's Past!\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThe lives of the four Americans featured here are a cross-section of those who helped fashion early America into the unique and enduring country it was to become. George Washington and Ben Franklin were giant icons, each in his own way possessive of the stuff of world-class stature. Both Founders of The Republic. Both leaders of uncommon valor.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003ctable class=\"tablewithpics\" style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"99%\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/lives/franklin/\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"alignleft\" src=\"/images/earlyamerica/ben.jpg\" alt=\"Benjamin Franklin\" width=\"120\" height=\"141\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/lives-early-america/autobiography-benjamin-franklin/\"\u003eAutobiography of\nBenjamin Franklin\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\nBen Franklin's talents were legion — inventor, publisher, diplomat and scientist, to name a few. Known for his wildly-popular \"Poor Richard's Almanac,\" Franklin also wrote what is considered to be the greatest autobiography in colonial America. In it the reader finds Franklin's shrewd observations on the philosophy and religion of America's colonial and Revolutionary periods. Another remarkable figure dominating the history of early America.\u003c/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\n\u003c/tr\u003e\n\u003c/tbody\u003e\n\u003c/table\u003e\n\u003c/td\u003e\n\u003c/tr\u003e\n\u003c/tbody\u003e\n\u003c/table\u003e\n\u003c/td\u003e\n\u003c/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/lives-early-america/ramsays-life-washington/\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"alignleft\" src=\"/images/earlyamerica/georgew.jpg\" alt=\"George Washington\" width=\"120\" height=\"144\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/lives-early-america/ramsays-life-washington/\"\u003eDavid Ramsay's\nThe Life of\nWashington\n\u003c/a\u003eWashington's future was foretold when at the age of 21 he completed a successful mission to the Ohio Valley...surviving ambush and hazardous weather. In later years he would be elected Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and the first president of the United States.\u003c/td\u003e\n\u003c/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/lives-early-america/adventures-col-daniel-boone/\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"alignleft\" src=\"/images/earlyamerica/daniel.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Boon\" width=\"120\" height=\"144\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/lives-early-america/adventures-col-daniel-boone/\"\u003eThe Adventures\nof Colonel\nDaniel Boone\n\u003c/a\u003eDaniel Boone, the legendary frontiersman, became a folk hero forging his way and his destiny through the wilderness of the west. In his first-person \"Adventures,\" appearing on these pages, his daring exploits opened up the first westward migration and with it...the future of America.\u003c/td\u003e\n\u003c/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/jefferson-primer/\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"alignleft\" src=\"/images/earlyamerica/tjefferson.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Jefferson\" width=\"120\" height=\"144\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/jefferson-primer/\"\u003eThe Thomas Jefferson Primer\n\u003c/a\u003eThe third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson was endowed with a multitude of diverse talents and interests. As one of the Founding Fathers his contributions to the birth of the Republic encompassed his talents as lawyer, architect, naturalist, paleontologist, inventor, agronomist and linguist. Herewith you are invited to read the detailed accounts of the many facets of Jefferson's life.\u003c/td\u003e\n\u003c/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/lives-early-america/true-story-paul-revere/\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"alignleft\" src=\"/images/earlyamerica/paul.jpg\" alt=\"Raul Revere\" width=\"120\" height=\"144\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/lives-early-america/true-story-paul-revere/\"\u003eThe True Story\nof Paul Revere\n\u003c/a\u003eAs a peripheral character of the Revolution, Paul Revere represents the countless, often selfless acts of those inspired to advance the cause of freedom. His famous ride immortalized by the poet Longfellow is an emblem for all the unsung acts performed by unsung men and women during that time.\u003c/td\u003e\n\u003c/tr\u003e\n\u003c/tbody\u003e\n\u003c/table\u003e","menu":[{"path":"lives-early-america","title":"Famous Lives","submenu":[{"path":"lives-early-america/autobiography-benjamin-franklin","title":"Autobiography of Ben Franklin"},{"path":"lives-early-america/ramsays-life-washington","title":"Ramsay's The Life of Washington"},{"path":"lives-early-america/adventures-col-daniel-boone","title":"The Adventures of Col. 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