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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Benjamin Franklin
from Dover Publications

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• an important work - should be read by all young men
  I have read this book myself at least twice. This book was purchased as a graduation present for a nephew. I wish someone had made me read this book at the age of 13. Franklin is quite the character. There are a lot of controversies surrounding his life, but for the purpose of instruction, I prefer to quit the debating society. This fellow is the first native born genius of record produced in this country. He may have painted a rosy picture of his life, but any of us would in an autobiography. If you want a... more info

• Non-Fiction
  This says Norton Critical Edition, so, of course, designed for academic study.
  A man that of course did a whole pile of stuff and came up with a whole pile more.
  Entertaining at times, and lecturing at others, as you might expect from someone that had been in a privileged position.

• Franklin's informal account of his remarkable life
  In many ways, this is, to someone coming to it for the first time, a very surprising book. For one thing, it is amazingly incomplete. Franklin is, of course, one of the most famous Americans who ever lived, and his accomplishments in a wide array of endeavors are a part of American lore and popular history. A great deal of this lore and many of his accomplishments are missing from this account of his life. He never finished the autobiography, earlier in his life because he was too busy with what he terms... more info

• shallow account of a great life.
  no doubt about it: ben franklin was a bright fellow. brigher than me, for instance. his autobiography, however, and despite what people on amazon are saying, is a shallow piece of fluff. nothing is touched in depth as he skims from one episode to the next like he is racing to finish an unimportant task. his wife? his family? forget them. all people in his life, in fact, seem deserving of no deep consideration to mr franklin. at times he brags about himself under the guise of modesty, and it is both silly... more info

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