Autobiography
Author: Benjamin Franklin

Description from Amazon.com: [Editor's Review] "The first book to belong permanently to literature. It created a man." -- From the IntroductionFew 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... [more at Amazon link below]

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