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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789051303321

Autore

Franklin Benjamin

Titolo

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin [[electronic resource] ] : 1706-1757

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Auckland, : The Floating Press, 2009

ISBN

1-77556-607-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Disciplina

973.3/092/4

973.3092

Soggetti

Clergy -- United States -- Biography

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Biography

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Inventors -- United States -- Biography

Penn, William, 1644-1718 -- Biography

Printers -- United States -- Biography

Scientists -- United States -- Biography

Statesmen -- United States -- Biography

Woolman, John, 1720-1772 -- Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title; Contents; Introductory Note; Benjamin Franklin His Autobiography 1706-1757; Chief Events in Franklin's Life; Endnotes

Sommario/riassunto

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin , which Franklin himself called his Memoirs, is the unfinished record of his life written between 1771 and 1790. It has become one of the most well-known and influential autobiographies in history, and has been praised both as a historical document and a piece of literature in its own right. William Dean Howells declared that ""Franklin's is one of the greatest autobiographies in literature, and towers over other autobiographies as...