Very enlightening, should be required reading for every high school student.:
The print is small and hard to read, but the information about and by Benjamin Franklin is incredible that one man could be that involved and informative, inventive and so unique.
an important work - should be read by all young men:
I have read this book myself at least twice. This book was purchased as a graduation present for a nephew. I wish someone had made me read this book at the age of 13. Franklin is quite the character. There are a lot of controversies surrounding his life, but for the purpose of instruction, I prefer to quit the debating society. This fellow is the first native born genius of record produced in this country. He may have painted a rosy picture of his life, but any of us would in an autobiography. If you want a... more info
Non-Fiction:
This says Norton Critical Edition, so, of course, designed for academic study. A man that of course did a whole pile of stuff and came up with a whole pile more. Entertaining at times, and lecturing at others, as you might expect from someone that had been in a privileged position.
Franklin's informal account of his remarkable life:
In many ways, this is, to someone coming to it for the first time, a very surprising book. For one thing, it is amazingly incomplete. Franklin is, of course, one of the most famous Americans who ever lived, and his accomplishments in a wide array of endeavors are a part of American lore and popular history. A great deal of this lore and many of his accomplishments are missing from this account of his life. He never finished the autobiography, earlier in his life because he was too busy with what he terms... more info
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