Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack by Benjamin Franklin

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Author: Benjamin Franklin
ISBN: 9780679640387

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Published on May 30, 2000 | 128 Pages

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Franklin’s Autobiography is one of the most famous works in American literature. He started it as a private collection of anecdotes for his son, but soon it was transformed into a work of history, both personal and national, revealing Franklin as the man who, as Herman Melville said, possessed “deep worldly wisdom and polished Italian tact, gleaming under an air of Arcadian unaffectedness.

"If you want the brutal truth, I did not expect to get much useful information out of Poor Richard’s Almanack. I wondered, what could Benjamin Franklin–a guy who has been, no offense, dead for more than two hundred years–possibly have to say that would be relevant to a resident of today’s dot-com world? Plenty, as it turns out."–from the Introduction by Dave Barry

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Benjamin Franklin

Award-winning author K. M. KOSTYAL has written nearly 20 books on history, music, world cultures, and wars. Her most recent works for National Geographic include Founding Fathers: The Fight for Freedom and the Birth of American Liberty; George Washington’s Rules to Live By; Christmas in Williamsburg; Lost Boy, Lost Girl: Escaping Civil War in Sudan; and Great Migrations, the companion book to the National Geographic Channel’s acclaimed series on animal migration.

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