The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: with Related Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture) - Softcover

Franklin, Benjamin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312404158 ISBN 13: 9780312404154

Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003

Synopsis

This second edition of Franklin's famous autobiography is accompanied by a portfolio of illustrations and an introduction that provides background for students and invites them to think about the work's lasting impact on American society and culture.

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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: Bedford/St. Martin's
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0312404158
• ISBN 13: 9780312404154
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 210
• Editor: Masur Louis P.