About This Book

     "...I shall indulge the inclination so natural in old men, to be talking of themselves and their own past actions; and I shall indulge it without being tiresome to others (who, through respect to age, might conceive themselves obliged to give me a hearing), since this may be read or not as any one pleases. And, lastly (I may as well confess it, since my denial of it will be believed by nobody), perhaps I shall a good deal gratify my own vanity...." About Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was one of the most capable and original minds in all of America's history. A printer, a writer, an inventor, and a brilliant politician, he helped to draft the Declaration of Independence and the Federal Constitution. He was a diplomat, a wit, and a sage, and he was trusted by all who knew him. This brilliant, small autobiography shows you how and why!