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Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

by Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

BookID: 20203

Language:English

Editor:Pine, Frank Woodworth, 1869-

Illustrator:Smith, E. Boyd (Elmer Boyd), 1860-1943

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 59.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790Statesmen -- United States -- Biography

Description

"Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" by Benjamin Franklin is an unfinished memoir written between 1771 and 1790. Franklin recounts his journey from a young apprentice fleeing Boston to becoming a successful printer and civic leader in Philadelphia. The work famously details his "Project of arriving at moral Perfection" through thirteen virtues, revealing his struggles and philosophies. Written across four parts over nearly two decades, this influential autobiography ends when Franklin was 52, leaving three decades of his remarkable life unrecorded. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)

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