The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is a timeless literary treasure that offers readers a fascinating glimpse into the life and mind of one of America's most iconic founding fathers. In this engaging memoir, Franklin recounts his remarkable journey from humble beginnings...
The life of the brilliant and original Benjamin Franklin, in his own words.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1791) is an unfinished memoir by Benjamin Franklin. Addressing the work to his son William, Franklin intended to provide a private account of his life and accomplishments. Published after his death, however, The Autobiography...
Blessed with enormous talents and the energy and ambition to go with them, Franklin was a statesman, author, inventor, printer, and scientist. He helped draft the Declaration of Independence and later was involved in negotiating the peace treaty with Britain that ended the Revolutionary...
Written during the most eventful years of Benjamin Franklin's life (1771-90), the Autobiography is one of the most influential memoirs in history. This newly edited Norton Critical Edition includes an introduction that explains the history of the Autobiography within the larger...
The Classic Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - The life of Benjamin Franklin is of importance to every American primarily because of the part he played in securing the independence of the United States and in establishing it as a nation. Franklin shares with Washington the...
La vida de Benjam?n Franklin es importante para todos, principalmente por el papel que desempe?? en la independencia de los Estados Unidos y en su establecimiento como naci?n. Franklin comparte con Washington los honores de la Revoluci?n y de los acontecimientos que condujeron...
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin was written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a torturous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous...
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is a classic work of American literature that offers a fascinating glimpse into the life and mind of one of the country's founding fathers. Join Benjamin Franklin on his journey from humble beginnings to becoming a renowned statesman,...
As such it deserves to be offered to twentieth-century readers in the most accurate form possible, and so it is, in this Norton Critical Edition, the first text to be edited directly from the manuscripts, rather than perpetuating the errors of previous editions.
The text...
The authoritative edition of Franklin's autobiography, with a foreword by the eminent Franklin scholar Edmund S. Morgan "The best and most beautiful edition of the Autobiography]."--J. H. Plumb, New York Review of Books "Among the many editions...