The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin : The Complete Illustrated History

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 into a highly moral life, with something for everyone to find and give further thought to. I think tha...

from mykl-s

The first great improve-yourself advice book in America, the model for all the others.

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 walking with bread under his arm when he first arrived in Philadelphia. His time in develping his c...

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.

from polo9

A classic. More than anyone else, Franklin may have been the template for what Americans like to think of as the prototypical American: ambitious, disciplined, enterprising, entreprenurial, gregarious, socially oriented, creative and dynamic. All of which calls to mind later entities: Horatio Alg...