Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Hardcover

Benjamin Franklin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1566193931 ISBN 13: 9781566193931

Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books, 1994

Synopsis

The Political autobiography of Benjamin Franklin in which there gesture life, political up s & down are covered.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Also available by Edmund S. Morgan: Benjamin Franklin

From the Back Cover:

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 War. He also invented bifocals, a stove that is still manufactured, a water-harmonica, and the lightning rod.
Franklin's extraordinary range of interests and accomplishments are brilliantly recorded in his Autobiography, considered one of the classics of the genre. Covering his life up to his prewar stay in London as representative of the Pennsylvania Assembly, this charming self-portrait recalls Franklin's boyhood, his determination to achieve high moral standards, his work as a printer, experiments with electricity, political career, experiences during the French and Indian War, and more. Related in an honest, open, unaffected style, this highly readable account offers a wonderfully intimate glimpse of the Founding Father sometimes called "the wisest American."

About this edition

• Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1566193931
• ISBN 13: 9781566193931
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 220