num_pages: 143
description: Written initially to guide his son, Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography is a lively, spellbinding account of his unique and eventful life, now a classic of world literature that is sure to inspire and delight readers everywhere.Few men could compare to Benjamin Franklin. Virtually self-taught, he excelled as an athlete, a man of letters, a printer, a scientist, a wit, an inventor, an editor, and a writer, and he was probably the most successful diplomat in American history. David Hume hailed him as the first great philosopher and great man of letters in the New World.
language: English
title: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
titlecomplete: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
characters: Benjamin Franklin
genres: Politics, Historical, Biography, American History, Classics, Autobiography, Nonfiction, History, Memoir, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 83169
publisher: Touchstone