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Title: Fart Proudly: Writings of Benjamin Franklin You Never Read in School by Benjamin Franklin, Carl Japikse ISBN: 1-58394-079-0 Publisher: Frog Ltd Pub. Date: May, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: If you've never read Franklin, start here!
Comment: I can't understand why standard Franklin anthologies don't include more of these wonderful pieces. Among many lovely things, this book includes 'The Grand Leap', Franklin's spot on satire of the news media, and a political fable which would have been the definitive analysis of US Middle Mid East foreign policy if someone had been smart enough to write it today. These writings are as wise as they are funny, and they are very funny. Great read!
Rating: 4
Summary: irreverant and witty
Comment: One hardly thinks of our "founding fathers" as people with a sense of humor, let alone as individuals who could be downright bawdy and naughty. _Fart Proudly_ demonstrates this side of Benjamin Franklin in a collection of his lesser known writings including his "Letter to the Royal Academy" (from which the book gets its title). It is a humourous read, if for no other reason than to revel in the wit (and witicisms) of one of the revolutionary generation's great minds.
While several articles are funny ("How to Choose a Mistress" is also a favorite), many miss the mark - humor has changed a bit over the last 200 - odd years. Nonetheless, I recommed the book for no other reason than to give our founding fathers a more "human" face.
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Title: Poor Richards Almanack by Benjamin Franklin ISBN: 0880889187 Publisher: Peter Pauper Press Pub. Date: November, 1983 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom by Benjamin Franklin, Corbis-Bettmann ISBN: 0880880813 Publisher: Peter Pauper Press Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: The Way to Wealth by Benjamin Franklin ISBN: 0918222885 Publisher: Applewood Books Pub. Date: November, 1986 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin ISBN: 0486290735 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 07 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $2.00 |
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Title: Benjamin Franklin's the Art of Virtue: His Formula for Successful Living by Benjamin Franklin, George L. Rogers, John Hamer ISBN: 0938399101 Publisher: Acorn Publishing Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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