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04/01/09

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 Many books have been written about Benjamin Franklin. Here is a short list of some that I     think are well worth reading, to include books dealing with the times and people.

Franklin was a very interesting man with many different talents from printer to statesman. Although he always referred to himself as just a simple printer all his life. One thing he enjoyed the most was to read. Reading is the way to improve yourself.

In his final years he catalogued his library that contained over 4,000 volumes. His library was on the second floor of his home and measured 16' x 30 1/2 '.

bullet Benjamin Franklin A Biography ---------------  Ronald W. Clark
bullet Franklin  The Autobiography      ---------------   Benjamin Franklin
bulletThe First American                          ---------------    H. W. Brands
bulletMon Cher Papa   Franklin and the Ladies of Paris -- Claude-Anne Lopez
bulletFranklin of Philadelphia                --------------    Esmond Wright
bulletBenjamin Franklin An American Life --------    Walter Isaacson
bulletThe Americanization of Benjamin Franklin -     Gordon S. Wood
bulletFranklin The Essential Founding Father ----     James Srodes
bulletA Great Improvisation Franklin, France and the Birth of America -- Stacy Schiff
bulletThe Private Franklin                   ----------------     Claude-Anne Lopez
bullet ---------------------------------------------------    & Eugenia W. Helbert
bulletTo Begin the World Anew          ---------------      Bernard Bailyn
bulletThe Wit & Wisdom of Benjamin Franklin ---     James C. Humes
bulletMiracle at Philadelphia                  --------------     Catherine Drinker Bowen
bulletThe Scratch of a Pen                     ---------------      Colin G. Calloway
bulletBenjamin Franklin (published 1938) --------      Carl Van Doren
bulletRevolutionary Characters           ---------------      Gordon S. Wood 
bulletMy Life with Benjamin Franklin -------------      Claude-Anne Lopez
bulletBenjamin Franklin and Women -------------      Edited by Larry Tise
bulletFusiliers (The Saga of a British Redcoat Regiment in the American Revolution)
bullet  -------------------------------------------------       Mark Urban                     
bulletThe Cambridge Companion to Benjamin Franklin
bullet -------------------------------------------------       edited by Carla Mulford

 

 

 

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