{"product_id":"the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-paperback-1","title":"The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Franklin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLeonard W. Labaree\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRalph L. Ketcham\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe authoritative edition of Franklin's autobiography, with a foreword by the eminent Franklin scholar Edmund S. Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The best and most beautiful edition  of the Autobiography].\"--J. H. Plumb, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A classic of eighteenth-century American history and literature, Benjamin Franklin's \u003ci\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/i\u003e has had an influence perhaps unequaled by any other book by an American writer. Written ostensibly as a letter to his son William, Franklin's \u003ci\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/i\u003e offers his reflections on philosophy and religion, politics, war, education, material success, and the status of women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Prepared by the editors of \u003ci\u003eThe Papers of Benjamin Franklin\u003c\/i\u003e this definitive edition is drawn with scrupulous care from the original manuscript in Franklin's handwriting now in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. The introduction by Leonard W. Labaree places the autobiography in literary and historical contexts. In a new foreword, eminent Franklin scholar Edmund S. Morgan writes about Franklin's dual allegiance as an American and a subject of an English king--and his emergence as a leader of the American Revolution. This edition also includes biographical notes, a chronology of Franklin's life, and an updated bibliography.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdmund S. Morgan \u003c\/b\u003eis Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBenjamin Franklin, \u003c\/i\u003epublished by Yale University Press. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 7.9 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 10, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754143908128,"sku":"9780300098587","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/46d2e4915c28262f3b9612f44387700c.webp?v=1780034350","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}