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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Second Edition (Yale Nota Bene)
Benjamin Franklin
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Description for The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Second Edition (Yale Nota Bene)
paperback. The authoritative edition of Franklin's autobiography, now with a new foreword by the eminent Franklin scholar Edmund S. Morgan Editor(s): Labaree, Leonard W.; Ketcham, Ralph L.; Boatfield, Helen C.; Fineman, Helene H. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 364 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 300.
The authoritative edition of Franklin’s autobiography, with a foreword by the eminent Franklin scholar Edmund S. Morgan
“The best and most beautiful edition [of the Autobiography].”—J. H. Plumb, New York Review of Books
“Among the many editions available—read Yale’s. Its text is the most reliable (the Franklin papers are at Yale) and its supplementary material is uniformly useful.”—Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post
A classic of eighteenth-century American history and literature, Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography has had an influence perhaps unequaled by any other book by an American writer. Written ostensibly as a letter to his ... Read more
The authoritative edition of Franklin’s autobiography, with a foreword by the eminent Franklin scholar Edmund S. Morgan
“The best and most beautiful edition [of the Autobiography].”—J. H. Plumb, New York Review of Books
“Among the many editions available—read Yale’s. Its text is the most reliable (the Franklin papers are at Yale) and its supplementary material is uniformly useful.”—Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post
A classic of eighteenth-century American history and literature, Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography has had an influence perhaps unequaled by any other book by an American writer. Written ostensibly as a letter to his ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Series
Yale Nota Bene
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300098587
SKU
V9780300098587
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About Benjamin Franklin
Edmund S. Morgan (1916–2013) was Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University. He wrote more than a dozen books including Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America, which won the Bancroft Prize, and American Slavery, American Freedom, which won the Francis Parkman Prize and the Albert J. Beveridge Award. He also is the author ... Read more
Reviews for The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Second Edition (Yale Nota Bene)
“People who have read one or more of the many current books about Benjamin Franklin really ought to direct their attention to the man himself, specifically to The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. . . . It is the first great American book. . . . An extraordinary document. . . . Plainly yet vividly written, its 18th-century prose still accessible ... Read more