The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin : The Complete Illustrated History EPUB

Read about the fascinating life of Benjamin Franklin, prolificphilosopher, inventor, and Founding Father of the United States,in this beautifully illustrated version of his autobiography.

American icon Benjamin Franklin is known for many things: he published the famous Poor Richards Almanack, helped found the world-famous University of Pennsylvania, and was the first Postmaster General of the United States. His iconography is everywhere. His likeness adorns, among other things, the United States hundred-dollar bill. Franklin was a wildly intriguing personality, as his autobiography makes plain. From his hoarding of his pay as a teenager to buy books, to his disapproval ofhabits like drinking beer, from his work as a printer, to his experiments with electricity, this is the story of Franklins life--told as only he could tell it--in the years before the American Revolution.

Benjamin Franklins writings represent a career of literary, scientific, and political efforts which extended nearly the entire eighteenth century and the birth of the United States. This heavily illustrated version of Franklins autobiography includes his reflections on diverse questions such as philosophy and religion, social status, electricity, American national characteristics, war, and the status of women.

A classic in the American canon, Franklins autobiography is a must-read for any serious student of American history.