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The Autobiography and Other Writings

By Benjamin Franklin

By Benjamin Franklin

By Benjamin Franklin
Introduction by Jill Lepore

By Benjamin Franklin
Introduction by Jill Lepore

By Benjamin Franklin

By Benjamin Franklin

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    About The Autobiography and Other Writings

    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.

    About The Autobiography and Other Writings

    Benjamin Franklin’s account of his rise from poverty and obscurity to affluence and fame has charmed every generation of readers since it first appeared. Begun as a collection of anecdotes for his son, the memoir grew into a history of his remarkable achievements in the literary, scientific, and political realms. A printer, inventor, scientist, diplomat, and statesman, Franklin was also a brilliant writer whose wit and wisdom shine on every page. His Autobiography has deservedly become the most widely read American autobiography of all time—the self-portrait of a quintessential American.

    Franklin was a remarkably prolific writer, and is equally beloved for his humorous, philosophical, parodic, and satirical writings, parables, and maxims, which he published under an astonishing number of pen names, including Poor Richard, the Busy-Body, and Silence Dogood. This hardcover edition of The Autobiography and Other Writings contains a varied selection of these, including “The Kite Experiment,” “A Parable Against Persecution,” “Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind,” “Rules for Making Oneself a Disagreeable Companion,” and “The Way to Wealth.”

    About The Autobiography and Other Writings

    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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    About Benjamin Franklin

    BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790) was a printer, writer, inventor, scientist, diplomat, and statesman. JILL LEPORE is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her books include Book of Ages, a… More about Benjamin Franklin

    About Benjamin Franklin

    BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790) was a printer, writer, inventor, scientist, diplomat, and statesman. JILL LEPORE is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her books include Book of Ages, a… More about Benjamin Franklin

    About Benjamin Franklin

    BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790) was a printer, writer, inventor, scientist, diplomat, and statesman. JILL LEPORE is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her books include Book of Ages, a… More about Benjamin Franklin

    Product Details

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Literary Collections | Politics | Nonfiction Classics

    Mass Market Paperback | $4.95
    Published by Bantam Classics
    Apr 01, 1982 | 384 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780553210750

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Literary Collections | Politics | Nonfiction Classics

    Hardcover | $26.95
    Published by Everyman’s Library
    Sep 08, 2015 | 344 Pages | 4-7/8 x 8 | ISBN 9781101907603

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Literary Collections | Politics | Nonfiction Classics

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    Published by Bantam Classics
    Apr 29, 2008 | 384 Pages | ISBN 9780553904987

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    Table Of Contents

    Introduction
    Select Bibliography
    Chronology
     
    THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
     
    Part One
    Part Two
    Part Three
    Part Four
     
    OTHER WRITINGS
     
    Silence Dogood (1, 2, 4 & 7)
    Franklin’s Epitaph
    Old Mistresses Apologue
    The Speech of Miss Polly Baker
    Rules for Making Oneself a Disagreeable Companion
    Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind
    The Kite Experiment
    A Parable Against Persecution
    The Way to Wealth
    Of Lightning
    An Edict by the King of Prussia
    Petition of the Letter Z
    The Whistle
    Letter to Joseph Priestley
    Information to Those Who Would Remove to America
    Letter to Samuel Mather
    A Petition of the Left Hand
    Speech in the Convention at the Conclusion of its Deliberations
    An Address to the Public; From the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage
    Letter to Ezra Stiles

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