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The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin : with related documents
- 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, ©2003.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Masur, Louis P.
- Description
- xiii, 208 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.
- Summary
- This edition of Franklin's famous autobiography is accompanied by a portfolio of illustrations and an introduction that provides background for students and invites them to think about the work's lasting impact on American society and culture.
- Series Statement
- The Bedford series in history and culture
- Uniform Title
- Autobiography
- Bedford series in history and culture
- Alternative Title
- Autobiography
- Subject
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- To 1783
- Statesmen > United States > Biography
- Scientists > United States > Biography
- Inventors > United States > Biography
- Printers > United States > Biography
- Statesmen
- Scientists
- Printers
- Politics and government
- Inventors
- United States > Politics and government > To 1775 > Sources
- United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783 > Sources
- United States
- Genre/Form
- speeches (documents)
- letters (correspondence)
- personal correspondence.
- Speeches.
- Personal correspondence.
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- Sources.
- Discours.
- Correspondance privée.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-199) and index.
- Contents
- 1: Introduction: the life of Benjamin Franklin -- The road to success -- A political life -- The history of the Autobiography -- 2: The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin -- Franklin's first outline for the Autobiography -- 3: Related documents -- Plan of Conduct, 1726 -- Poor Richard Improved, 1758 -- 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.
- ISBN
- 0312404158
- 9780312404154
- LCCN
- 2002116270
- OCLC
- ocm52354451
- 52354451
- SCSB-14585417
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library