Kathy's review
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin
Kathy's review
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
Kathy's review
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This was my book club book for the month. I really enjoyed learning more about Benjamin Franklin. The book was a little disjointed with the first part basically a letter to his son telling him about his early life through young adulthood. Then when he was more famous he was talked into writing more of his history to be eventually published, so it was directed more to the general public. The first part was the best and most interesting. There continued to be good stuff throughout, but it kind of went downhill in my interest. By the end he was going into so much detail about things like military affairs and sailing that my eyes were glazing over. Then it ended rather abruptly before even getting to the Revolution. There were enough interesting stories and humor and inspiring ideas in there to make it worthwhile and I’m glad I read it. It does make me more interested in him and I would like to read a good biography of him sometime.
