The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Translated into a dozen languages, printed in hundreds of editions, and read by millions of people, Franklin's autobiography has had an influence perhaps unequaled by any other book by an American writer. Written ostensibly as a letter to his son William, the autobiography offers Franklin's reflections on philosophy and religion, politics, war, education, material success, and the status of women. This edition of the autobiography, prepared by the editors or The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, is drawn with scrupulous care from the original manuscript in Franklin's handwriting now in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. The introduction by Leonard W. Labaree places the autobiography in literary and historical contexts. In a new foreword, Edward S. Morgan writers about Franklin's dual allegiance as an American and a subject of an English king - and his emergence as a leader of the American Revolution. This edition also includes biographical notes, a chronology of Franklin's life, and an updated bibliography. |
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| Title | The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Harvard classics Keith Jennison Book Keith Jennison Large Type Bks |
| Author | Benjamin Franklin |
| Publisher | Scholastic Library Pub, 1981 |
| ISBN | 0531001598, 9780531001592 |
| Length | 223 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Historical History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775) Political Science / History & Theory |
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