The Autobiography and Other WritingsPenguin, 07.01.1986 - 272 Seiten This authoritative Bantam Classic edition presents readers with a wide-ranging selection of Benjamin Franklin’s most important writings, illuminating the complex and appealing character of this quintessential American who rose to fame as a publisher, inventor, educator, bon vivant, and statesman. Here are selections from Franklin’s newspaper articles, from the sage wisdom of Poor Richard’s Almanac, from his entertaining letters, from his scientific essays, from his political and revolutionary writings, plus a generous sampling of his famous aphorisms, poems, and humor. And, most important, here is a newly edited text of one of the most vital and important works of American literature, the Autobiography. As fascinating and as relevant as ever, this timeless collection of writings reveals an extraordinary man whose mind was always curious, always questioning, and who forever remained dedicated to the principles of truth and liberty. |
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... Letters A Receipt to make a New-England Funeral Elegy Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress The Speech of Miss Polly Baker How to Secure Houses, &c. from Lightning The Kite Experiment The Way to Wealth An Edict by the King of.
... Letters A Receipt to make a New-England Funeral Elegy Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress The Speech of Miss Polly Baker How to Secure Houses, &c. from Lightning The Kite Experiment The Way to Wealth An Edict by the King of.
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... Antiquarian Society, and a council member of the Institute for Early American History and Culture. His books and editions include Colonial American Poetry (1968), Timothy Dwight (1969), Selected Letters of Cotton Mather (1971), A.
... Antiquarian Society, and a council member of the Institute for Early American History and Culture. His books and editions include Colonial American Poetry (1968), Timothy Dwight (1969), Selected Letters of Cotton Mather (1971), A.
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Benjamin Franklin. Timothy Dwight (1969), Selected Letters of Cotton Mather (1971), A Cultural History of the American Revolution (1976), and The Life and Times of Cotton Mather (1984), which won a 1984 Bancroft Prize in American History ...
Benjamin Franklin. Timothy Dwight (1969), Selected Letters of Cotton Mather (1971), A Cultural History of the American Revolution (1976), and The Life and Times of Cotton Mather (1984), which won a 1984 Bancroft Prize in American History ...
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... , and call'd for the Boat to come and take me aboard again, where I was oblig'd to bear the Heat I had strove to quit, and also the Laugh of the Company. Such disillusioning experiences, many times recorded in his letters, left.
... , and call'd for the Boat to come and take me aboard again, where I was oblig'd to bear the Heat I had strove to quit, and also the Laugh of the Company. Such disillusioning experiences, many times recorded in his letters, left.
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Benjamin Franklin. Such disillusioning experiences, many times recorded in his letters, left the real Franklin with a deep distrust that seems to belie the essential optimism of the Autobiography. To avoid being disappointed in things ...
Benjamin Franklin. Such disillusioning experiences, many times recorded in his letters, left the real Franklin with a deep distrust that seems to belie the essential optimism of the Autobiography. To avoid being disappointed in things ...
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