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The Papers of Benjamin Franklin

Author : Benjamin Franklin

Publisher :

Page : 712 pages

File Size : 38,73 MB

Release : 1995

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780300061093

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Sponsored by the American Philosophical Society and Yale University, this edition of 'The Papers Of Benjamin Franklin' contains everything that Franklin wrote that can be found, and for the first time, in full or abstract, all letters addressed to him, the whole arranged in chronological order.



The Autobiography and Other Writings

Author : Benjamin Franklin

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 354 pages

File Size : 44,30 MB

Release : 2014-08-05

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0451469887

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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 Americanization of Benjamin Franklin

Author : Gordon S. Wood

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 324 pages

File Size : 17,26 MB

Release : 2005-05-31

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1101200901

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“I cannot remember ever reading a work of history and biography that is quite so fluent, so perfectly composed and balanced . . .” —The New York Sun “Exceptionally rich perspective on one of the most accomplished, complex, and unpredictable Americans of his own time or any other.” —The Washington Post Book World From the most respected chronicler of the early days of the Republic—and winner of both the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes—comes a landmark work that rescues Benjamin Franklin from a mythology that has blinded generations of Americans to the man he really was and makes sense of aspects of his life and career that would have otherwise remained mysterious. In place of the genial polymath, self-improver, and quintessential American, Gordon S. Wood reveals a figure much more ambiguous and complex—and much more interesting. Charting the passage of Franklin’s life and reputation from relative popular indifference (his death, while the occasion for mass mourning in France, was widely ignored in America) to posthumous glory, The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin sheds invaluable light on the emergence of our country’s idea of itself.





Benjamin Franklin

Author : Edmund Sears Morgan

Publisher : Yale University Press

Page : 356 pages

File Size : 15,88 MB

Release : 2003-01-01

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780300101621

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



The Portable Benjamin Franklin

Author : Benjamin Franklin

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 596 pages

File Size : 10,43 MB

Release : 2006-01-03

Category : Literary Collections

ISBN : 1440626928

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It takes a very inclusive anthology to encompass the protean personality and range of interests of Benjamin Franklin, but The Portable Benjamin Franklin succeeds as no collection has. In addition to the complete Autobiography, the volume contains about 100 of Franklin’s major writings—essays, journalism, letters, political tracts, scientific observations, proposals for the improvement of civic and personal life, literary bagatelles, and private musings. The selections are reprinted in their entirety and organized chronologically within six sections that represent the full range of Franklin’s temperament. The result is a zestful read for Franklin scholars and anyone wanting to know and enjoy this American icon. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.



The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Author : Benjamin Franklin

Publisher : First Avenue Editions ™

Page : 220 pages

File Size : 15,39 MB

Release : 2016-01-01

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1512405264

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Between 1771 and 1790, American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin sat down to record the important events of his life, from his childhood in Boston to his work as a printer in Philadelphia, to his trips to Paris and his plans for the first public library. The story of the invention of the Franklin stove, the first Poor Richard's Almanac, and his experiments with electricity are all included here. His "Project for Moral Perfection"—a list of desirable virtues and steps to achieve them—influenced the modern self-help genre. Hundreds of years later, Franklin's account of his rise from middle-class obscurity to become a world-renowned scholar and civic figure continues to promote the American Dream. First published in 1791, this unabridged version of Franklin's autobiography is taken from the 1909 copyright edition.