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Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: With selections from his other writings
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin With selections from his other writings Author:Benjamin Franklin This Elibron Classics book is a reprint of a 1908 edition by D. C. Heath & Co., Chicago, Boston, New York. Franklin's Autobiography began as a letter to his son William, and ended up as a letter to the world. Franklin wrote the first five chapters in England in 1771, the second section in Paris in 1774-5, and the final chapters upon his return t... more »o the U.S. in 1778. Part self-help book (Franklin includes a step by step plan to attain the 13 virtues), part biography, and part philosophical treatise - Franklin's salty prose, championing pragmatism and common sense, seems in many ways a self-conscious attempt to describe the making of an American.« less