Dover Thrift Editions: American History: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)

from whitewavedarling

Franklin's autobiography is straight-forward, amusing, and honest. For someone interested in early American history or in autobiography, I can't recommend this highly enough. It's a telling look in...

from benuathanasia

I'm not a big fan of biographies, but I feel like the useful advice offered within Franklin's life-story is deserving of some serious bonus points. So much of what he said was so motivating and mak...

from nosajeel

Benjamin Franklin has a wonderful voice. It is consistently sincere and earnest while having a strange combination of humility and smugness. I found Part I of the Autobiography most interesting. It...

from Schmerguls

The first part of this is quite engaging, as Franklin relates his time in Boston and his moving to Philadelphia. I remember reading part of this in eighth grade, including his wife-to-be seeing him...

from homeofharris

Franklin was a crazy guy back in his day. I really enjoyed reading about his life and the interesting ways he went about trying to constantly be a better person.