{"product_id":"benjamin-franklins-autobiography-9780393935615","title":"Benjamin Franklins Autobiography","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe only edition of the celebrated \u003cem\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/em\u003e that includes the long-missing and recently identified “Wagon Letters.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on the Text\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaps: Franklin's Boston, Philadelphia, and London\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTHE TEXT OF THE \u003ci\u003eAUTOBIOGRAPHY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A Quire Book of Letters\"\u003cbr\u003e The Outline of the \u003ci\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Guide to People Mentioned in the \u003ci\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCONTEXTS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJournal of a Voyage, 1726\u003cbr\u003e Excerpts from Franklin's Letters Mentioning the \u003ci\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Authentic Memoir of Dr. Franklyn\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEXCERPTS FROM FRANKLIN'S WRITINGS ON AMBITION AND FAME, WEALTH, AND SELF-IMPROVEMENT\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAMBITION AND FAME\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Poor Richard Improved, 1750\u003cbr\u003e From Poor Richard Improved, Jan. 1758\u003cbr\u003e To Sarah (Franklin) Bache, June 3, 1779\u003cbr\u003e From Benjamin Vaughn, May 1785\u003cbr\u003e From Jane Mecom, July 21, 1786\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWEALTH\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo Cadwallader Colden, Sept. 29, 1748\u003cbr\u003e To William Strahan, June 2, 1750\u003cbr\u003e To Jane Mecom, Dec. 30, 1770\u003cbr\u003e To Thomas Cushing, June 10, 1771\u003cbr\u003e Benjamin Vaughn to Lord Shelburne, Nov. 24, 1782\u003cbr\u003e To Robert Morris, Dec. 25, 1783\u003cbr\u003e To Benjamin Vaughn, July 26, 1784\u003cbr\u003e Last Will and Testament, 1788, and Codicil, 1789\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSELF-IMPROVEMENT\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFranklin's Epitaph, 1728\u003cbr\u003e Franklin's Junto Query on Human Perfection, 1732\u003cbr\u003e [Poor Richard on Self-Improvement, 1749]\u003cbr\u003e Rules for Making Oneself a Disagreeable Companion, 1749\u003cbr\u003e To Lord Kames, May 3, 1760\u003cbr\u003e To Abiah Franklin, Apr. 12, 1750\u003cbr\u003e To Joseph Priestley, Sept. 19, 1772\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCRITICISM\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCONTEMPORARY OPINIONS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImmanuel Kant • [The Modern Prometheus]\u003cbr\u003e David Hume • To Franklin, May 10, 1762\u003cbr\u003e Franklin in the Cockpit • \u003ci\u003eThe Pennsylvania Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e Report, 1774\u003cbr\u003e Benjamin Vaughn's Account, 1779\u003cbr\u003e Edmund Burke • To Count Patrick D'Arcy, Oct. 5, 1775\u003cbr\u003e From the \u003ci\u003eNew-Jersey Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e, Dec. 31, 1777\u003cbr\u003e Peter Oliver •From Origins \u0026amp; Progress of the American Rebellion\u003cbr\u003e Richard Price • To Franklin, May 1790\u003cbr\u003e Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau • Eulogy for Franklin before the National Assembly of France, 1790\u003cbr\u003e José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez • A Brief Eulogy for Benjamin Franklin, 1790\u003cbr\u003e José Francisco Correia da Serra • Eulogy for Franklin to the Royal Academy of Sciences, Lisbon, 1791\u003cbr\u003e John Adams • On Franklin, May 15, 1811\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNINETEENTH-CENTURY OPINIONS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrancis, Lord Jeffrey •From the \u003ci\u003eEdinburgh Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 1806\u003cbr\u003e Charles Brockden Brown •From \u003ci\u003eLiterary Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, 1806\u003cbr\u003e John Keats • To George and Georgiana Keats, Oct. 14-31, 1818\u003cbr\u003e Humphry Davy • Historical Sketch of Electrical Discovery\u003cbr\u003e Edgar Allan Poe • The Business Man\u003cbr\u003e Leigh Hunt •From \u003ci\u003eHunt's Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Herman Melville •From Israel Potter\u003cbr\u003e Mark Twain • The Late Benjamin Franklin\u003cbr\u003e Empress Shōken of Japan • [A Franklinian Poem], c. 1890\u003cbr\u003e Frederick Jackson Turner •From\u003ci\u003eThe Dial\u003c\/i\u003e, May 1887\u003cbr\u003e William Dean Howells • From Editor's Study, Apr. 1888\u003cbr\u003e From Editor's Study, July 1888\u003cbr\u003e From Editor's Study, Jan. 1890\u003cbr\u003e From Editor's Easy Chair, Oct. 1905\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRECENT OPINIONS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMax Weber •From The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism\u003cbr\u003e D. H. Lawrence • Benjamin Franklin\u003cbr\u003e W. Somerset Maugham • [The Classic Books of America]\u003cbr\u003e I. B. Cohen • Franklin and Science\u003cbr\u003e David Levin • The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: The Puritan Experimenter in Life and Art\u003cbr\u003e Michael Warner • Franklin: The Representational Politics of the Man of Letters\u003cbr\u003e Peter Stallybrass • Benjamin Franklin: Printed Collections and Erasable Writing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBenjamin Franklin: A Chronology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49083496661335,"sku":"9780393935615","price":16.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393935615.jpg?v=1725549133","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/benjamin-franklins-autobiography-9780393935615","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}