The Founding Fathers Benjamin Franklin: A Biography in His Own Words

by Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin never finished writing his famous Autobiography. To friends who urged him in 1788 to complete the task--begun a quarter century earlier but interrupted by the Revolution--he explained that even at the age of eight-two he was still too busy living his life to write about it. At the time of his death two years later, Franklin had covered only the first half of his extraordinarily long and active career and the volume remained incomplete. With the publication of Benjamin Franklin, A Biography in His Own Words, the full story is available.

416 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1972

About the author

Benjamin Franklin was a writer, a philosopher, a scientist, a politician, a patriot, a Founding Father, an inventor, and publisher. He helped with the founding of the United States of America and changed the world with his discoveries about electricity. His writings such as Poor Richards' Almanac have provided wisdom for 17 years to the colonies.

Reviews

[Lukáš Horák]

First biography written by the person it's about I've read and I must say It's a remarkablr way of telling someone's story. Benjamin had an iteresting inspirative life full of glorious moments he tells about in a old speech which is sometimes a bit tricky to read 😀