Penguin classics. The autobiography and other writings
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0142437603
ISBN 13
9780142437605
Category
Publication Year
2003
Publisher
Subject
Statesmen--United States--Biography.; Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790.
Series Name
Description
xxvi, 240 pages ; 20 cm.; The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin -- A receipt to make a New-England funeral elegy -- Advice to a friend on choosing a mistress -- The speech of Miss Polly Baker -- How to secure houses and c. from lightning -- The kite experiment -- The way to wealth -- An edict by the King of Prussia -- From The morals of chess -- The Elysian fields -- From Information to those who would remove to America -- An address to the public: from the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage -- A miscellany of Franklin's opinions.; Collects Franklin's reflections on such diverse questions as philosophy and religion, social status, electricity, American national characteristics, war, and the status of women.;
Biblio Notes
52281190
Number of Copies
1
