The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Benjamin Franklin
- First Published: 1791
- Time of Work: The first half of the eighteenth century
- Setting: Boston, Philadelphia, and London
- Principal Characters: Benjamin Franklin
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Memoir, Didactic literature
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Philosophy or philosophers, Pragmatism, Colonies or colonization, New England, Pennsylvania, Eighteenth century, Ethics, Inventions or inventors
- Locales: Boston, MA, Philadelphia, PA, London, England
Form and Content
Just as Benjamin Franklin himself was a man of many interests, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin has many facets. It shows how an ambitious individual can move up in the world by being willing to work hard, by having a decent amount of good luck, and by seizing opportunities. Among other things, his autobiography is a study in entrepreneurism and individual pluck. Franklin’s economic climb came the hard way, as he worked first as an apprentice to his brother James, who published a newspaper, and eventually became the printer for the state of...
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