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Title: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin, Lewis Leary ISBN: 0-613-12473-1 Publisher: Bt Bound Pub. Date: October, 1999 Format: Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.30 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.15 (39 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Franklin in his own words. What more could you want?
Comment: I find the Autobiography a fascinating look into the everyday life of our country's Colonial age! Franklin's narration is clean and descriptive and totally engrossing! The story of his early life and how he came to be a businessman and statesman is well worth 5 stars but also included in this gem is "The Selected Writings" which includes "The Way to Wealth" as well as five more sections (Essays to Do Good, Franklin the Scientist, Franklin and the Revolution, The Family Man, and Something of His Religion) all include various letters and essays and are an entertaining look into Franklin and his view of the world! For an American History buff this is a must book for the collection and for Children... this book is a fantastic way to introduce any Child to History and the REAL Life of one of our beloved Signers of the Declaration of Independence!
Rating: 5
Summary: Living On Purpose, On Purpose -- And having fun too!
Comment: This book came to me based on a recommendation by Anthony Robbins in his book "Awaken the Giant Within." And upon reading it, it occurs to me how many gurus have built on, or simply stolen, Ben Franklin's ideas for living a life with purpose, on purpose. (Cheers to Robbins for identifying his mentors and sources so openly.) "The Autobiography of Ben Franklin" is a quick easy read with many rewards. Learn about the man, discover the seed of modern self-help ideas, and see America though a unique set of eyes.
About the writing. . . When Franklin took pen to paper his motivation was to share ideas with his son. In other words, he was writing a letter, and what a joy that it survived as a letter to each of us. Enjoy this book as insights offered by a dynamic individual. And, have the flexibility to enjoy writing that certainly isn't in the pop-culture mold of our century. I myself found this refreshing! If you like ideas and value the role mentors can play in our lives, then read this book today.
Rating: 5
Summary: You will be richer from reading this book
Comment: Benjamin Franklin's autobiography is the story of one man's efforts to integrate certain principles and habits - integrity, humility, fidelity, temperance, courage, justice, patience, industry, simplicity, modesty - into his life and to embed them deep within his nature. Franklin was a scientist, philosopher, statesman, inventor, educator, diplomat, politician, humorist and man of letters who led a very full life. He was also a moralist and humanitarian who was happy to be considered unconventional by doing things the way he thought they should be done. His was a life well lived and a model from which we can learn much. In the introduction we are told: "Himself a master of the motives of human conduct, Franklin did not set out to reveal himself in his autobiography. Rather, he intended to tell us (insofar as we, the nation, are the 'posterity' to whom he addressed himself) how life was to be lived, good done, and happiness achieved - how the ball was to be danced."
Franklin did not have an easy life as the tenth son of a candle maker whose education ended at the age of ten. But by hard work and careful planning he was able to retire from business at the age of forty-two and devote his time to science and politics. He was sent to England in 1764 to petition the King to end the proprietary government of the colony. Soon after the Revolution began he was sent to France to negotiate an alliance with Louis XVI. He was a member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence. It is difficult to image anyone not coming away richer from reading this book.
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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: 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: Common Sense by Thomas Paine ISBN: 0486296024 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 22 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $1.50 |
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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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