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Author: Benjamin Franklin
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1557090793
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 263
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin was written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a torturous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of autobiography ever written.Author: Benjamin Franklin
Publisher: N.A
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Author: Benjamin Franklin
Publisher: N.A
ISBN: N.A
Category: Statesmen
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Author: Benjamin Franklin
Publisher: Voyageur Press
ISBN: 0760351457
Category: History
Page: 192
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Read about the fascinating life of Benjamin Franklin, prolific philosopher, inventor, and Founding Father of the United States, in this beautifully illustrated version of his autobiography. American icon Benjamin Franklin is known for many things: he published the famous Poor Richard's Almanack, helped found the world-famous University of Pennsylvania, and was the first Postmaster General of the United States. His iconography is everywhere. His likeness adorns, among other things, the United States' hundred-dollar bill. Franklin was a wildly intriguing personality, as his autobiography makes plain. From his hoarding of his pay as a teenager to buy books, to his disapproval of habits like drinking beer, from his work as a printer, to his experiments with electricity, this is the story of Franklin's life--told as only he could tell it--in the years before the American Revolution. Benjamin Franklin's writings represent a career of literary, scientific, and political efforts which extended nearly the entire eighteenth century and the birth of the United States. This heavily illustrated version of Franklin's autobiography includes his reflections on diverse questions such as philosophy and religion, social status, electricity, American national characteristics, war, and the status of women. A classic in the American canon, Franklin's autobiography is a must-read for any serious student of American history.Author: Mark Skousen,Benjamin Franklin
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
ISBN: 0895260336
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 256
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A lifelong scholar of Benjamin Franklin's life completes the unfinished "Autobiography" with information on Franklin's attitudes about such topics as the Constitutional Convention, slavery, and Thomas Jefferson.Author: Benjamin Franklin
Publisher: N.A
ISBN: N.A
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Book Excerpt: ...y, to that persecution, as so many judgments of God to punish so heinous an offense, and exhorting a repeal of those uncharitable laws. The whole appeared to me as written with a good deal of decent plainness and manly freedom. The six concluding lines I remember, though I have forgotten the two first of the stanza; but the purport of them was, that his censures proceeded from good-will, and, therefore, he would be known to be the author."Because to be a libeller (says he) I hate it with my heart; From Sherburne town, where now I dwell My name I do put here; Without offense your real friend, It is Peter Folgier."My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the Church. My early readiness in learning to read (which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could not read), and the opinion of all his friends, that I should certainly m...Author: Charles W. Eliot LLD
Publisher: N.A
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Author: John Bigelow
Publisher: Davies Press
ISBN: 1443708526
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 412
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Autobiography Of Benjamin Franklin: Edited From His Manuscript, With Notes And An Introduction, BY JOHN BIGELOW. CONTENTS. PAGE - 1 INTRODUCTORY ................ 7 FRANKLINS OUTLINE OF TOPICS ........ 61 THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF FRANKLIN . ...... 65 APPENDIX.. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Benjamin Franklin
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781515026877
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We Americans devour eagerly any piece of writing that purports to tell us the secret of success in life; yet how often we are disappointed to find nothing but commonplace statements, or receipts that we know by heart but never follow. Most of the life stories of our famous and successful men fail to inspire because they lack the human element that makes the record real and brings the story within our grasp. While we are searching far and near for some Aladdin's Lamp to give coveted fortune, there is ready at our hand if we will only reach out and take it, like the charm in Milton's Comus.Author: Icon Reference
Publisher: ICON Group International
ISBN: 9780497255800
Category: Foreign Language Study
Page: 212
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If you are either learning French, or learning English as a second language (ESL) as a French speaker, this book is for you. There are many editions of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. This one is worth the price if you would like to enrich your French-English vocabulary, whether for self-improvement or for preparation in advanced of college examinations. Each page is annotated with a mini-thesaurus of uncommon words highlighted in the text. Not only will you experience a great classic, but learn the richness of the English language with French synonyms at the bottom of each page. You will not see a full translation of the English text, but rather a running bilingual thesaurus to maximize the reader's exposure to the subtleties of both languages.