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Minnesota

The Autobiography and Other Writings

Benjamin Franklin, statesman, philosopher, and man of letters, was born in Boston in 1706 of Protestant parents. He entered Boston Grammar School when he was eight and later attended George Brown Ell's school. When he was twelve his father apprenticed him to his half-brother James as a printer. James was later the publisher of the New England Courant, where Franklin's first articles, The Dogood Papers, were published before he was seventeen. He went to Philadelphia in 1723 and pursued his trade of printer. He was befriended by William Keith, Governor of Pennsylvania, who offered to help the young man get started in business. Franklin left for England, where he hoped to arrange for the purchase of printing equipment. Arriving in London in 1724, he was soon deserted by Keith, and again turned to printing for a livelihood. His privately printed Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain (1725) introduced him to leading Deists and other intellectuals in London. A year later, he returned to Philadelphia, and by 1730 he had been appointed public printer for Pennsylvania. In 1731 he established the first circulation library in the United States; in 1743-44, The American Philosophical Society. In 1748 he retired from the trade of printer but continued to advise and back his partner and to draw profit from the business. Poor Richard's Almanack was his most spectacular success as a publisher, having gone through numerous editions and been translated in many languages. During the next thirty-five years he devoted himself largely to politics and diplomacy, but still wrote and engaged in scientific ventures. He resigned as Minister to France in 1785, returned to America, and was elected President of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Still concerned with the rights of the individual, he published papers encouraging the abolition of slavery. He died in Philadelphia in 1790.

Benjamin Franklin

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Carla Mulford

Rhode Island

One of the founding fathers of the United States of America, Benjamin Franklin was a true Renaissance man- writer, publisher, scientist, inventor, diplomat, and politician. During his long life he offered advice on obtaining wealth, organised public institutions, contributed to the birth of a nation, and negotiated with foreign powers to ensure his country's survival.

Through the words of the elder statesman himself. The Autobiography and Other Writingspresents remarkable insight into the man and his accomplishments. Additional writings from Benjamin Franklin's wife and son provide a more intimate portrait of the husband and father who became a legend in his own time.

Several pages dog-eared with folds on the bottom corners. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

New Jersey

Draws on Franklin's extensive writings to provide a portrait of the statesman, inventor, and Founding Father.

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Edmund S. Morgan

California

Selected Writings

This is an old book from 1969!
Damage = Worn dust jacket, sun damage
NOTE: The back of the book is about another book from the same publisher, not this listing.

Pennsylvania

An Autobiographical Portrait

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

New York

Early American Genius

Discusses the inventor, statesman, philosopher, and writer whose influence on America started in the colonial period and continues today.

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Michigan

An American Life

Presents a portrait of Benjamin Franklin as a scientist, inventor, diplomat, writer, business strategist, and statesman while tracing his life as one of America's Founding Fathers.

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Kentucky

This biography of America's first "jack of all trades"--a noted statesman, inventor, newspaper publisher, and scientist--features excerpts from Franklin's own letters, pamphlets, essays, scientific papers, and autobiography.

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Maine

Young Printer

Benjamin Franklin: Young Printer is the next installment in the Childhood of Famous Americans series.

One of the most popular series ever published for young American's, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies - easily read by children of eight and up - today's youngster is swept into history.

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Connie Roop

Peter Roop

Arizona

Massachusetts

An Illustrated History of His Life and Times

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Nebraska

A Biography

This fully documented account of the `first American' gives a detailed and lively picture of our most acomplished writer, politician and statesman.

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A Man With Many Jobs (Rookie Biographies)

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Maya Glass

Georgia

The scientist and statesman profiled by Egan and Glass is perhaps America's most famous early citizen.

Florida

Vermont

The Founding Fathers

Times magazine full exploration of Benjamin Franklin. 

Connecticut

Benjamin Franklin 

R. Conrad Stein

Light shelf-wear including small bend on corner of back cover. Pages unmarked. First printing.

South Carolina

Inventor, Statesman, and Patriot

Life of Benjamin Franklin-Statesman, patriot and inventor.

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Library withdrawn book. Book has some pencil marks

A biography of patriot Benjamin Franklin, from his Boston boyhood to his years as inventor and diplomat.

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