![]() The early settlers, “their minds gloomy and discontented,” frequently fasted to seek relief from their distress, he recounted. The twinkle behind his bifocals reassures us that things will turn out all right.įranklin’s optimism about the American experiment is reflected in an essay he wrote about our first Thanksgiving. “The birds killed in this manner eat uncommonly tender,” he wrote.Īfter election seasons such as the one past, and when facing “fiscal cliffs” like the one looming, it’s therapeutic to gaze back through history’s haze and catch the eye of Franklin, the Founding Father who winks at us. Thus he added yet another invention to his list: the fried turkey. When he was a young man, Benjamin Franklin wired together a set of batteries he had just invented and used them to shock turkeys slated for a Thanksgiving feast. ![]() ![]() He has written biographies of Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Steve Jobs and Henry Kissinger. ![]() Walter Isaacson is chief executive of the Aspen Institute. ![]()
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