I recently finished Bunker’s Young Ben Franklin.  I made over 160 notes made in the margins.

There were spots where it dragged a bit at times, but I am very glad I made it to the end.

The epilogue, though only five pages long, is one of the most motivating things I’ve ever read on aging! Franklin was resilient when many friends and family died at much younger ages, kept making new friends, and was insatiably curious to the very end of both the humanities and science. Very motivating!

One disappointment: Though Bunker does not have a lot to say about George Whitefield or Jonathan Edwards, his treatment of both is questionable at best.