Franklin on Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (Author), Paul M. Zall (Editor)
"Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography ends in 1758, some thirty years before he died. Those three decades included some of the statesman's greatest triumphs, yet instead of including them in his memoir, Franklin spent the years continually revising his original text." "Franklin on Franklin stands as the first autobiographical account of a great American life. By returning to a newly recovered early draft of the Autobiography, author Paul M. Zall strips away later layers of moralizing and revision to reveal the story as Franklin first wrote it: how a poor boy from Boston used hard work and his wits to become America's first world-class citizen. To cover Franklin's career as a diplomat and as the only signatory of all threes key documnents of the American Revolution, Zall interweaves autobiographical comments from Franklin's personal letters and private journals."--Jacket
diaries
1 online resource (315 pages)
9780813158037, 0813158036
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Introduction: Ben Franklin revising
Growing up Bostonian: January 1706-April 1722
Becoming a journalist: April 1722-September 1723
On the road to Philadelphia: 25 September-1 October 1723
Settling at Philadelphia: October 1723-May 1724
A prodigal's return to Boston: April 25-June 1724
Plotting to deceive & being deceived: June-November 1724
Living in London: 25 December 1724-21 July 1726
Sailing home: 23 July-11October 1726
Facing uncertain Philadelphia future: 1726-1727
Venturing into business: May 1728-September 1730
Entering business for himself: 1729-1730. Finding Felicity in Philadelphia: 1731-1732
Promoting virtue & views: 1731-1754
Taking care of business: 1736-1739
Promoting the Great Awakening: 1739-1740
Promoting provincial defense: 1740s
Establishing an academy: 1749
Retiring to public service: 1748-1753
Experimenting with electricity: 1743-1753
Promoting a united front: 1754
Soldiering on the frontier: 1756
Making a mission to London: 1756-1757
Lobbying in London: 1757-1762
Skirmishing with Parliament: 1757-1765
Coping in a calm: 1766-1770
Agitating for all Americans: 1770-1774
Failing to reconcile: 1774-1775
Forging independence: 1775-1785
Free at last: 1785-1790
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
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