The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Yale Nota Bene)

Author: Franklin, BenjaminBrand: Yale Nota BeneEdition: SecondBinding: PaperbackFormat: Special EditionNumber Of Pages: 368Release Date: 10-04-2003Part Number: notes, bibliographyDetails: The authoritative edition of Franklin's autobiography, with a foreword by the eminent Franklin scholar Edmund S. Morgan “The best and most beautiful edition [of the Autobiography].”—J. H. Plumb, New York Review of Books “Among the many editions available-read Yale's. Its text is the most reliable (the Franklin papers are at Yale) and its supplementary material is uniformly useful.”—Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post A classic of eighteenth-century American history and literature, Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography has had an influence perhaps unequaled by any other book by an American writer. Written ostensibly as a letter to his son William, Franklin's Autobiography offers his reflections on philosophy and religion, politics, war, education, material success, and the status of women. Prepared by th