The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin : Penn Reading Project Edition.
Title:
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin : Penn Reading Project Edition.
Author:
Franklin, Benjamin.
ISBN:
9780812200119
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (193 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface: The Power of Values -- Introduction: Benjamin Franklin and the American Imagination -- PART I. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin -- PART II. CRITICAL ESSAYS -- Benjamin Franklin and the American Enlightenment -- Freedom of Reason -- An Inclination Joined with an Ability to Serve -- The Key to Electricity -- APPENDICES -- Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania -- A Chronology of Franklin's Life -- Contributors.
Abstract:
In 1771, at the age of 65, Benjamin Franklin sat down to write his autobiography, "having emerged from the poverty and obscurity in which I was born and bred to a state of affluence and some degree of reputation in the world, and having gone so far through life with a considerable share of felicity." The result is a classic of American literature.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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