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1853 Benjamin Franklin Life & Autobiography Essays

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1853 Benjamin Franklin Life & Autobiography Essays

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1853 Benjamin Franklin Life & Autobiography Essays Marriage Slavery Racism

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”

― Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin’s famous ‘Autobiography’. This book is often considered Franklin’s best-known book and is an important part of Americana. Originally known as ‘Memoirs’ by Franklin himself, ‘Autobiography’ covers each aspect of Franklin’s life including his studies in French, various letters he wrote while in Paris, the progress of his philosophies and experiments on electricity.

According to the Grolier American 100, Franklin’s ‘Memoirs’ is,

“The most widely read of all American autobiographies, ‘Memoirs’ holds the essence of the American way of life.”

This early pre-Civil War era printing of ‘The Life of Dr. Benjamin Franklin’ includes the portrait frontispiece of Benjamin Franklin and his essays on observations on war, marriage, chess, nautical affairs, the slave trade, whitewashing, tradesmen and more.

Item number: #10110

Price: $299

FRANKLIN, Benjamin

The life of Benjamin Franklin, written by himself: to which is added his miscellaneous essays.

Auburn: Derby and Miller. Buffalo: Derby, Orton and Mulligan, 1853.

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Collation: Complete with all pages

375

Portrait frontispiece

Language: English

Binding: Cloth; tight and secure

Size: ~7.5in X 5in (19cm x 12.5cm)

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