Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin & Selections From His Writings
Benjamin Franklin
- New York Modern Library 1944
- xix, 264 p.
Chief events in Franklin's life.-- Franklin's draft scheme.-- The autobiography.-- The Dogood papers.-- Poor Richard's almanack, 1749.-- From Poor Richard's almanack, 1756.-- From Poor Richard's almanack, 1757.-- The way to wealth.-- On the price of corn & management of the poor.-- Advice to a young tradesman, 1748.-- Journal of a voyage.
Straightforward life-story of a typically American character endowed with the great powers developed by self-education, who exerted vast influence as a citizen and statesman for his own day and for the future of his country.