No, but I've recently read a large biography that described a lot more detail of the day-to-day goings on in the Civil War White House than I knew. Incredible.
I was struck by his willingness to accept responsibility for his many mistakes, but also to take the blame for the mistakes of subordinates. I don't know how he withstood the losses and ineptitudes of his military for so long.
Good bio on Franklin on one of the History channels a few nights ago. What a life!
One great moment -- still thinking he could rescue the relationship between crown and colonies, he was in London to plead our case when news of the Boston Tea Party hit town. He was called before a group of the king's highest counselors in an old courtroom dubbed the Cock Pit.
The chief magistrate and others tongue-lashed Ben for hours. One of the show's historians said Franklin walked into that room a subject of the British Crown and walked out an American.
I'm reading 'The Quartet,' by Joseph Ellis. Stories of Washington, Hamilton, Jay and Madison. Makes me support pulling Jackson off the twenty and leaving Hamilton on the ten.