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The Autobiography and Other Writings
by Benjamin Franklin
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780553210750 |
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
This authoritative Bantam Classic edition presents readers with a wide-ranging selection of Benjamin Franklin’s most important writings, illuminating the complex and appealing character of this quintessential American who rose to fame as a publisher, inventor, educator, bon vivant, and statesman.
Here are selections from Franklin’s newspaper articles, from the sage wisdom of Poor Richard’s Almanac, from his entertaining letters, from his scientific essays, from his political and revolutionary writings, plus a generous sampling of his famous aphorisms, poems, and humor. And, most important, here is a newly edited text of one of the most vital and important works of American literature, the Autobiography. As fascinating and as relevant as ever, this timeless collection of writings reveals an extraordinary man whose mind was always curious, always questioning, and who forever remained dedicated to the principles of truth and liberty.
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/Benjamin Franklin Publisher, inventor, educator, and statesman, Benjamin Franklin was a complex and appealing character. Here is a wide-ranging selection of his writings from Poor Richard's Almanac, scientific essays, and political commentaries, plus a generous do
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780553210750
- Editor:
- Shaw, Peter
- Author:
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Bantam Books
- Location:
- Toronto ;
- Subject:
- Political
- Subject:
- Historical - U.S.
- Subject:
- Children's 12-Up - Biography / Autobiography
- Subject:
- Scientists
- Subject:
- Franklin, benjamin, 1706-1790
- Subject:
- Statesmen
- Subject:
- Franklin, Benjamin
- Subject:
- Printers
- Subject:
- Scientists - General
- Edition Number:
- Bantam classic ed.
- Edition Description:
- Bibliography: p. 271-272.
- Series:
- Bantam Classics
- Series Volume:
- [no. 235]
- Publication Date:
- April 1982
- Binding:
- Mass Market Paperbound
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 282
- Dimensions:
- 6.98x4.18x.69 in. .32 lbs.
