A Benjamin Franklin Reader
Selected and annotated by the author of the acclaimed Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, this collection of Franklin's writings shows why he was the bestselling author of his day and remains America's favorite Founder and wit.As a twelve-year-old apprentice in his brother's print shop, Benjamin Franklin taught himself to be a writer by taking notes on the works of great essayists such as Addison and Steele, jumbling them up, and then trying to recreate them in his own words. By that method, he recalled in his Autobiography, he was encouraged to think he might become a tolerable writer. In fact, he became the best, most popular, and most inf…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7432-7483-8
- EAN: 9780743274838
- Produktnummer: 14619990
- Verlag: Simon + Schuster Inc.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 576 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 793 KB
- Auflage: annotated edition
- Abbildungen: rough front; b/w chapter intros
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Edited and Annotated by Walter Isaacson
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