The autobiography and other writings by Benjamin Franklin

This Bantam Classic edition presents us with a new, wide-ranging selection of Benjamin Franklin's writings that illuminates the complex and appealing character of that quintessential American, who rose to fame as a publisher, inventor, educator, bon vivant, and statesman.

Here are selections from Franklin's newspaper articles, from the sage wisdom of POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC, from his entertaining letters, from his scientific essays, from his political and revolutionary writings, plus a generous sampling of his famous aphorisms, poems, and humor. And, most important, here is a newly edited text of one of the most vital and important works of American literature, the AUTOBIOGRAPHY.