The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin -

Benjamin Franklin

Touchstone

2004

160 páginas

5h 20m

ISBN-10: 0743255062

"The first book to belong permanently to literature. It created a man."
-- From the Introduction

Few men could compare to Benjamin Franklin. Virtually self-taught, he excelled as an athlete, a man of letters, a printer, a scientist, a wit, an inventor, an editor, and a writer, and he was probably the most successful diplomat in American history. David Hume hailed him as the first great philosopher and great man of letters in the New World.

Written initially to guide his son, Franklin's autobiography is a lively, spellbinding account of his unique and eventful life. Stylistically his best work, it has become a classic in world literature, one to inspire and delight readers everywhere.

Resenhas (1)

4 (Muito bom)

A good creation

Who am I to critique anything Mr. Franklin has ever written or done, but this feels like a capricorn teaching a pisces how to do things. Not that I want to diminish this to mere astrology intakes, but some good hundred years later, this book is, of course, a classic of its time but the way people took self-help to the worst ways possible makes us, modern readers, look at it with pure "meh". Sorry Mr. Franklin I know it's not what you intended, I get your purest intentions, but in this economy? We'll pass.