Benjamin Franklin Autobiography and Other Writings (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Autobiography and Other WritingsCondition: NewEAN: 9780199554904ISBN: 9780199554904Publisher: Oxford University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 11/13/2008Item Height: 196mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 19mmAuthor: Benjamin FranklinContributor: Ormond Seavey (Edited by)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0199554900Description: Benjamin Franklin's writings represent a long career of literary, scientific, and political efforts over a lifetime which extended nearly the entire eighteenth century. Franklin's achievements range from inventing the lightning rod to publishing Poor Richard's Almanack to signing the Declaration of Independence. In his own lifetime he knew prominence not only in America but in Britain and France as well. This volume includes Franklin's reflections on such diverse questions as philosophy and religion, social status, electricity, American national characteristics, war, and the status of women. Nearly sixty years separate the earliest writings from the latest, an interval during which Franklin was continually balancing between the puritan values of his upbringing and the modern American world to which his career served as prologue. This edition provides a new text of the Autobiography, established with close reference to Franklin's original manuscript. It also includes a new transcription of the 1726 journal, and several pieces which have recently been identified as Franklin's own work. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Law & PoliticsBook Series: Oxford World's ClassicsTopic: History, BiographyItem Weight: 279gRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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