The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Franklin is perhaps the most remarkable figure in American history: the greatest statesman of his age, he played a pivotal role in the formation of the American republic. Unraveling the enigma of Franklin's character, Morgan shows that he was the rare individual who placed the public interest before his own desires. Includes a new Introduction by the author.

About the author

Edmund S. Morgan (1916-2013) was Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University. He wrote more than a dozen books including Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America, which won the Bancroft Prize, and American Slavery, American Freedom, which won the Francis Parkman Prize and the Albert J. Beveridge Award. He also is the author of the New York Times best-selling biography Benjamin Franklin. Cited as "one of America's most distinguished historians," Morgan was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2000; in 2006, he received a special Pulitzer Prize "for a creative and deeply influential body of work as an American historian that spans the last half century."

Summary

The authoritative edition of Franklin's autobiography, now with a new foreword by the eminent Franklin scholar Edmund S. Morgan

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin (Skyhorse Publishing) Franklin, Leonard W. Labaree
• Assisted by: Helen C Boatfield (Editor), Helen C. Boatfield (Editor), Helene H. Boatfield (Editor), Ralph L Ketcham (Editor), Ralph L. Ketcham (Editor), Leonard W Labaree (Editor), Leonard W. Labaree (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2003
• EAN: 9780300098587
• ISBN: 978-0-300-09858-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Weight: 300 g
• Series: Yale Nota Bene; Nota bene; Yale Nota Bene; Nota Bene (YUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education