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  • Published: 15 August 2000
  • ISBN: 9780679640387
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $29.99
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Poor Richard's Almanack



Franklin’s Autobiography is one of the most famous works in American literature. He started it as a private collection of anecdotes for his son, but soon it was transformed into a work of history, both personal and national, revealing Franklin as the man who, as Herman Melville said, possessed “deep worldly wisdom and polished Italian tact, gleaming under an air of Arcadian unaffectedness.

  • Published: 15 August 2000
  • ISBN: 9780679640387
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $29.99
Categories:

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Benjamin Franklin

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790) was a printer, writer, inventor,
scientist, diplomat, and statesman.

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