The Autobiography and Other Writings
Benjamin Franklin - Author
ISBN 9780451528100 | 352 pages | 01 Sep 2001 | Signet Classic | 4.33 x 6.85in | 18 - AND UP
300th Anniversary edition
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One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, Benjamin Franklin was a true Renaissance Man: writer, publisher, scientist, inventor, diplomat and politician. In his long life of eighty-four years, he offered advice on attaining wealth, organized public institutions, contributed to the birth of a nation, and negotiated with foreign powers to ensure its survival.
Introduction
Through the words of the elder statesman himself, The Autobiography and Other Writings presents a remarkable insight into the man and his accomplishments and additional writings from Benjamin Franklin’s wife and son provide a more intimate portrait of the husband and father who found himself a legend in his own time. PART ONE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY Note PART TWO: SELECTED WRITINGS I. The Way to Wealth II. Essays to Do Good III. The New Prometheus, I: Franklin the Scientist IV. The New Prometheus, II: Franklin and the Revolution V. The Family Man VI. Something of His Religion Notes on the Sources |
