The Compleated Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Compleated Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Author: Mark Skousen

Publisher: Regnery Publishing

Published: 2005-11-01

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 0895260336

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A lifelong scholar of Benjamin Franklin's life completes the unfinished "Autobiography" with information on Franklin's attitudes about such topics as the Constitutional Convention, slavery, and Thomas Jefferson.

Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin

Author: Thomas S. Kidd

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2017-05-23

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 0300228147

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A major new biography, illuminating the great mystery of Benjamin Franklin’s faith Renowned as a printer, scientist, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin also published more works on religious topics than any other eighteenth-century American layperson. Born to Boston Puritans, by his teenage years Franklin had abandoned the exclusive Christian faith of his family and embraced deism. But Franklin, as a man of faith, was far more complex than the “thorough deist” who emerges in his autobiography. As Thomas Kidd reveals, deist writers influenced Franklin’s beliefs, to be sure, but devout Christians in his life—including George Whitefield, the era’s greatest evangelical preacher; his parents; and his beloved sister Jane—kept him tethered to the Calvinist creed of his Puritan upbringing. Based on rigorous research into Franklin’s voluminous correspondence, essays, and almanacs, this fresh assessment of a well-known figure unpacks the contradictions and conundrums faith presented in Franklin’s life.

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Author: Benjamin Franklin

Publisher: Xist Publishing

Published: 2015-03-15

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 1623957915

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is one of America's most famous memoirs. In this text, Ben Franklin shares his life story and details his attempts to build a life of good habits and virtues. His plan for self-improvement was one of the first "self help" books and his role as a founder of the United States is given a personal perspective. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes

The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 2
The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 2

Author: J. A. Leo Lemay

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 665

ISBN-13: 0812238559

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Representing a lifetime of research, this seven-volume biography will give readers an unmatched resource for understanding Benjamin Franklin's character and place in American history. This second volume chronicles the years of Franklin's success in printing and publishing, including his interest in technology and science.

Book of Ages
Book of Ages

Author: Jill Lepore

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2014-07-01

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 0307948838

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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR NPR • Time Magazine • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Boston Globe A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians—a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister, Jane, whose obscurity and poverty were matched only by her brother’s fame and wealth but who, like him, was a passionate reader, a gifted writer, and an astonishingly shrewd political commentator. Making use of an astonishing cache of little-studied material, including documents, objects, and portraits only just discovered, Jill Lepore brings Jane Franklin to life in a way that illuminates not only this one extraordinary woman but an entire world.