The autobiography
By: by Benjamin Franklin.
Edition: 1st Vintage Books/The Library of America ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books/Library of America
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin,  -- 1706-1790; Statesmen  -- United States  -- Biography
Description: Famous as a scientist, statesman, philosopher, businessman, and civic leader, Benjamin Franklin was also one of the most powerful and controversial American writers of his time, and has been a subject of intense debate ever since: to Matthew Arnold, he exemplified "victorious good sense"; to D.H. Lawrence, he was "the first dummy American." Franklin's classic Autobiography is his last word on his greatest literary creation -- his own invented persona, the original incarnation of the American success story. For the first time, the authoritative editions of works by major American novelists, poets, scholars, and essayists collected in the hardcover volumes of The Library of America are being published singly in a series of handsome and durable paperback books. A distinguished author has contributed an introduction for each volume, which also includes a detailed chronology of the author's life and career, an essay on the choice of the text, and notes.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-205).