Publisher's Synopsis
This famous title from Franklin's autobiography invites you to think about the lasting impact of work on American society and culture.The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; However, Franklin himself seems to have called the play his Memoirs of Him. Although it had a tortuous publishing history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written.Franklin's account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods in which he wrote them. There are real breaks in the narrative between the first three parts, but the narrative from the third part continues in the fourth part without a break from the author.
