The Autobiography and Other Writings


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A comprehensive and insightful compilation of Benjamin Franklin’s The Autobiography and other essays which offers an in-depth look into the life of America’s most fascinating Founding Father. Benjamin Franklin was a true Renaissance man: writer, publisher, scientist, inventor, diplomat, and politician. During his long life, he offered advice on attaining wealth, organized public institutions, contributed to the birth of a nation, and negotiated with foreign powers to ensure his country’s survival. Through the words of the elder statesman himself, The Autobiography and Other Writings presents a remarkable insight into the man and his accomplishments. Additional writings from Benjamin Franklin’s wife and son provide a more intimate portrait of the husband and father who became a legend in his own time. Edited by L. Jesse Lemich With an Introduction by Walter Isaacson and an Afterword by Carla Mulford







The Complete Works of Ben Franklin


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This collection starts first and foremost with Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, one of the most famous and influential autobiographies ever written. The edition includes all the collections of his writings, together with various papers that have been published in separate pamphlets. All the writing are methodically arranged, the moral and philosophical works according to their subjects and the political papers according to their dates. Contents: Autobiography Letters and Papers on Electricity Letters and Papers on Philosophical Subjects Papers on Subjects of General Politics Papers on American Subjects Before the Revolutionary Troubles Papers on American Subjects During the Revolutionary Troubles Papers, Descriptive of America, or Relating to That Country, Written Subsequent to the Revolution Papers on Moral Subjects and the Economy of Life Letters by Several Eminent Persons, Illustrative of Dr. Franklin's Manners and Character




Benjamin Franklin


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Draws on Franklin's extensive writings to provide a portrait of the statesman, inventor, and Founding Father.