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The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin : with related documents / edited with an introduction by Louis P. Masur.
- Title
- The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin : with related documents / edited with an introduction by Louis P. Masur.
- Author
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Publication
- Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, [2016]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | E302.6.F7 A2 2016 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Masur, Louis P.
- Description
- xiii, 206 pages; 21 cm.
- Summary
- The third edition of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, with Related Documents continues to encourage students to think about the work's lasting impact on American society and culture. Louis P. Masur's introduction is designed to make Franklin accessible and inviting to students. An expanded Related Documents section provides a sample of Franklin's voluminous writings. Two new documents reveal Franklin at his curious, inventive best, offering readers a glimpse of Franklin outside of the Autobiography. A new visual source pairing invites students to interpret Franklin's changing image over time, through the works of two different artists. A chronology, questions for consideration, a bibliographic essay, and an index enrich students' understanding of Franklin, eighteenth-century America, and the rags-to-riches ideal that has played, and continues to play, such a significant role in American history.
- Series Statement
- Bedford series in history and culture
- Uniform Title
- Autobiography
- Bedford series in history and culture.
- Alternative Title
- Autobiography
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Sources
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Pt. 1. Introduction: the life of Benjamin Franklin. The road to success ; A political life ; The history of the Autobiography -- pt. 2. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Franklin's first outline for the Autobiography -- pt. 3. Related documents. A plan of Conduct, 1726 ; The Speech of Miss Polly Baker, 1747 ; Poor Richard Improved, 1758 ; Letter to Oliver Neave, before 1769 ; Letter to Lord Howe, July 20, 1776 ; Speech in the Convention at the conclusion of its deliberations, September 17, 1787 ; An address to the public, November 9, 1789 ; Sidi Mehemet Ibrahim on the slave trade, March 23, 1790 ; George Edward Perine, Benjamin Franklin, 1860-1885, and Benjamin West, Franklin drawing electricity from the sky, 1805 -- Appendixes. A Franklin chronology (1706-1790) ; Questions for consideration ; Selected bibliography.
- ISBN
- 1319048994
- 9781319048990
- OCLC
- 930997451
- SCSB-10682775
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library