Benjamin Franklin (Censorship (Ready Reference series))
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Colonial printer, Enlightenment philosopher, scientist, and national Founder, Franklin wrote what may be the most popular autobiography ever published. This narrative—which he began in 1771 and left unfinished at the time of his death—chronicles the fortunes of a diligent and ingenious printer’s apprentice who rises from poverty and obscurity to eminence in world affairs and who helps found a new nation. Because Franklin did not live to supervise the publication of his auto- biography, many incomplete and inaccurate versions have been published since the...
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