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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) (B&N Library of Essential Reading)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9781420922387
ISBN: 0760768617
Label: Barnes & Noble
Manufacturer: Barnes & Noble
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: April 14, 2005
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Studio: Barnes & Noble
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Edited, with an Introduction, by R.J. Wilson
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There are any number of reasons to read Ben Franklin's autobiography.
For the fetching language and wit. As when he deviated from his vegetarianism to eat some fish that "smelt admirably well," saying, "If you eat one another, I don't see why we mayn't eat you...So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do."
For his keen insights into human nature and his own flawed behavior. Such ... Read More
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In this candid autobiography, B. Franklin unveils his vision and tactics in business, political, social, religious and sexual matters. His colonial viewpoint stands in sharp contrast with his `moral' attitude.
American Dream
B. Franklin is the perfect example of the fulfillment of the American Dream. Working from the age of 10 in his father's business, he goes to New York, `a boy of 17, without the least recommendation or knowledge of any person, with very little money in my pocket' ... Read More
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The book was in great condition I just didn't realize it wasn't the book with the foot notes....But service was great!
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Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography is one of the very few books that all Americans should read, and virtually everyone else should also. Its greatness and importance can hardly be exaggerated. Aside from being a great autobiography, the book cuts to the very heart of what it means to be American; it is indeed hardly hyperbolic to say that Franklin created the American dream, and this details it. The work thus has strong inspirational potential, not least because it is a great and unusually practical ethics ... Read More
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Franklin himself called it his Memoirs, and it is, sadly, incomplete. Not this book, but his autobiography. When studying nonfiction in school, particularly the autobiographical genre, the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is often the benchmark. Held to the highest esteem (with the notable exception of Mark Twain's review, which was somewhat colder than most), it his likely the most read autobiography to date. Franklin, for all his faults, was an influential man in ways that politicians today can only aspire ... Read More
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