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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin with Related Documents

by Franklin, Benjamin; Masur, Louis P.

ISBN13:
9780312404154
ISBN10:
0312404158
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 2003-04-02
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
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Summary

This second 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.

Author Biography

Louis P. Masur, is associate professor of history at the City College of the City University of New York and is a recipient of the Outstanding Teaching Award. Masur is the author of 1831: Year of Eclipse and Rites of Execution: Capital Punishment and the Transformation of American Culture, 1776-1865. He is also the editor of Reviews in American History.

Foreword

Preface

vii

List of Illustrations

xiii

PART ONE Introduction: The Life of Benjamin Franklin

(26)

The Road to Success

(5)

A Political Life

(7)

The History of the Autobiography

(13)

PART TWO The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

(146)

Franklin's First Outline for the Autobiography

169

(4)

PART THREE Related Documents

173

(28)

Plan of Conduct, 1726

173

(1)

Poor Richard Improved, 1758

174

(10)

Letter to Lord Howe, July 20, 1776

184

(3)

Speech in the Convention at the Conclusion of Its Deliberations, September 17, 1787

187

(2)

An Address to the Public, November 9, 1789

189

(2)

Sidi Mehemet Ibrahim on the Slave Trade, March 23, 1790

191

(10)

APPENDIXES

A Franklin Chronology (1706--1790)

194

(3)

Questions for Consideration

197

(1)

Selected Bibliography

198

(3)

Index

201

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