by Benjamin Franklin · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140390520
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«The Autobiography and Other Writings» is the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (270 pages, in English).
Collects Benjamin Franklin's autobiography and a selection of his writings: letters, satirical essays, scientific texts, and pieces of political and moral opinion. Includes «The Way to Wealth», the kite experiment, and reflections on practical conduct and the society of the era.
This edition appeared in 1986 and was prepared by Kenneth Silverman, with introduction and bibliography.
For readers of history, biography, and political thought, especially those interested in the American colonial era.
Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath: a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the most influential intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence; and the first postmaster general.
