The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin: The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1926, Harcourt, Brace and Company)

218 pages

English language

Published April 3, 1926 by Harcourt, Brace and Company.

OCLC Number:
3443154

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Few men could compare to Benjamin Franklin. Virtually self-taught, he excelled as an athlete, a man of letters, a printer, a scientist, a wit, an inventor, an editor, and a writer, and he was probably the most successful diplomat in American history. David Hume hailed him as the first great philosopher and great man of letters in the New World.

Written initially to guide his son, Franklin's autobiography is a lively, spellbinding account of his unique and eventful life. Stylistically his best work, it has become a classic in world literature, one to inspire and delight readers everywhere.

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