The Autobiography and Other Writings

  • The Autobiography and Other Writings
    By Benjamin Franklin

    An edition with a new introduction 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 ...

  • The Autobiography and Other Writings
    By Benjamin Franklin

    With his two grandsons, Temple Franklin and Benjamin Bache, sails for France as one of three commissioners charged ... Does not see eye to eye with fellow commissioner John Adams. ... “Petition of the Letter Z” published in The Tatler.

  • The Autobiography and Other Writings
    By Benjamin Franklin

    This volume includes Franklin's reflections on such diverse questions as philosophy and religion, social status, electricity, American national characteristics, war, and the status of women.

  • The Autobiography and Other Writings
    By Benjamin Franklin

    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 ...

  • The Autobiography and Other Writings
    By Benjamin Franklin

    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 ...

  • The Autobiography and Other Writings
    By Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin's writings represent a long career of literary, scientific, and political efforts over a lifetime which extended nearly the entire eighteenth century. Franklin's achievements range from inventing the lightning...