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The autobiography of benjamin franklin [electronic resource] : 1706-1757. Benjamin Franklin.

Summary:

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin , which Franklin himself called his Memoirs, is the unfinished record of his life written between 1771 and 1790. It has become one of the most well-known and influential autobiographies in history, and has been praised both as a historical document and a piece of literature in its own right. William Dean Howells declared that "Franklin's is one of the greatest autobiographies in literature, and towers over other autobiographies as Franklin towered over other men."

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  • Physical Description: 1 online resource
  • Publisher: Cleveland : Duke Classics, 2012.

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Title from eBook information screen..
Target Audience Note:
Text Difficulty 11 - Text Difficulty 12
1370 Lexile.
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Subject:
Biography & Autobiography.
Nonfiction.

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Summary: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin , which Franklin himself called his Memoirs, is the unfinished record of his life written between 1771 and 1790. It has become one of the most well-known and influential autobiographies in history, and has been praised both as a historical document and a piece of literature in its own right. William Dean Howells declared that "Franklin's is one of the greatest autobiographies in literature, and towers over other autobiographies as Franklin towered over other men."