The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Dover Thrift Editions) - Brossura

Franklin, Benjamin

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ISBN 10: 0486290735 ISBN 13: 9780486290737

Casa editrice: Dover Publications, Incorporated, 2016

Riassunto

Blessed with enormous talents and the energy and ambition to go with them, Franklin was a statesman, author, inventor, printer, and scientist. He helped draft the Declaration of Independence and later was involved in negotiating the peace treaty with Britain that ended the Revolutionary War. He also invented bifocals, a stove that is still manufactured, a water-harmonica, and the lightning rod.
Franklin's extraordinary range of interests and accomplishments are brilliantly recorded in his Autobiography, considered one of the classics of the genre. Covering his life up to his prewar stay in London as representative of the Pennsylvania Assembly, this charming self-portrait recalls Franklin's boyhood, his determination to achieve high moral standards, his work as a printer, experiments with electricity, political career, experiences during the French and Indian War, and more. Related in an honest, open, unaffected style, this highly readable account offers a wonderfully intimate glimpse of the Founding Father sometimes called "the wisest American."

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Edmund S. Morgan is Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University.

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Su questa edizione

• Editore: Dover Publications, Incorporated
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0486290735
• ISBN 13: 9780486290737
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 144