by Benjamin Franklin
I have a love/hate relationship with one of my book clubs. I love to hate the books they choose. And this one I was determined to hate. Funny thing though, I can't hate this book. In the age of self aggrandizing ghost-written puff-piece memoirs, this was refreshingly humble. Which is ironic because ...
Hmmm... it's the sort of book where everyone's heard what's in it, even before they read it. I actually found the third section most interesting, for the description of how to make public life and institutions happen in early Philadelphia.
This was a very interesting and informative book made up of letters from Benjamin Franklin to his son over the course of several decades. I listened to it on audiobook which was neat because I sometimes felt like Franklin was sitting right next to me sharing stories of his life. Given the personal l...
A great view into the life and mind of one of our major visionaries. Without his skills, the United States would have failed miserably and fallen into the hands of the British, French, or Spanish. This is a book everyone should read, and more than just as excerpts, like I did in high school.
Dear Benjamin Franklin, You saucy minx. My favorite parts of your autobiography were when you told the story about finding the little fish inside the big fish and so you didn't feel bad anymore about eating them, and also when you told about your "intrigues" with "low women." I think you are a fun...
When psychoanalytic criticism goes bad, it goes very, very bad. I can't think of Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography without recalling one of the worst and most hilarious instances of psychoanalytic analysis I've ever read.Richard Bushman, in article entitled "On the Uses of Psychology: Conflict and C...
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