Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
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"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.)
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| Author | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Pine, Frank Woodworth, 1869- |
| Illustrator | Smith, E. Boyd (Elmer Boyd), 1860-1943 |
| Title | Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Autobiography_of_Benjamin_Franklin |
| Note | See also PG#148 ed. by Charles W. Eliot |
| Credits |
Produced by Turgut Dincer, Brian Sogard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 59.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861) |
| Subject | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 |
| Subject | Statesmen -- United States -- Biography |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 20203 |
| Release Date | Dec 28, 2006 |
| Last Update | Oct 19, 2022 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 26763 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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