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The autobiography

Author: Benjamin Franklin
Publisher: New York : Vintage Books/Library of America, 1990.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English : 1st Vintage Books/The Library of America edView all editions and formats
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Famous as a scientist, statesman, philosopher, businessman, and civic leader, Benjamin Franklin was also one of the most powerful and controversial American writers of his time, and has been a subject of intense debate ever since: to Matthew Arnold, he exemplified "victorious good sense"; to D.H. Lawrence, he was "the first dummy American." Franklin's classic Autobiography is his last word on his greatest literary  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biography
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Autobiography.
New York : Vintage Books/Library of America, 1990
(OCoLC)556300165
Named Person: Benjamin Franklin; Benjamin 1706-1790 Franklin; Benjamin Franklin
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Benjamin Franklin
ISBN: 0679726136 9780679726135
OCLC Number: 20094373
Description: xvi, 214 ; 21 cm.
Contents: Introduction by Daniel Aaron --
Autobiography --
Chronology --
Note on the text --
Notes --
Index.
Responsibility: by Benjamin Franklin.
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Famous as a scientist, statesman, philosopher, businessman, and civic leader, Benjamin Franklin was also one of the most powerful and controversial American writers of his time, and has been a subject of intense debate ever since: to Matthew Arnold, he exemplified "victorious good sense"; to D.H. Lawrence, he was "the first dummy American." Franklin's classic Autobiography is his last word on his greatest literary creation -- his own invented persona, the original incarnation of the American success story. For the first time, the authoritative editions of works by major American novelists, poets, scholars, and essayists collected in the hardcover volumes of The Library of America are being published singly in a series of handsome and durable paperback books. A distinguished author has contributed an introduction for each volume, which also includes a detailed chronology of the author's life and career, an essay on the choice of the text, and notes.

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