Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Haley Murray

Written initially to guide his son, Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography is a lively, spellbinding account of his unique and eventful life, now a classic of world literature that is sure to inspire and delight readers everywhere. Few men could compare to Benjamin Franklin. Virtually self-taught, he excelled as an athlete, a man of letters, a printer, a scientist, a wit, an inventor, an editor, and a writer, and he was probably the most successful diplomat in American history. David Hume hailed him as the first great philosopher and great man of letters in the New World.

Pranav

** spoiler alert **
           A book that has redefined Franklin in my eyes. Tells the story of his highly remarkable life from his own perspective. Gives insights into productivity, leadership, wealth creation, philanthropy, and social good.
I am re-reading it to get all identified action points executed, for example, the day planning method.

Callie Anna

Ugh, I did not like this book. Now, I liked Ben Franklin the person, before I read this. He is so prideful! He did do a lot of intresting things, but retold them in the most boring way! Don't read it unless it's required for school!

Rebeca Keren Nuñez

Es uno de esos libros que les porque estaba ahí. De todas formas es muy interesante, ya que Franklin es un personaje histórico relevante. No es largo, lo que hace que no sea muy trabajoso de leer. Hay algunos de sus comentarios que me parecen problemáticos, pero también soy consciente de qué hay un tema de época.

Isa s

Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography is sometimes referred to as the first How-to-Book (at least I read that somewhere, though I can’t recall now where). It’s certainly interesting to read (or hear when listening to the audiobook) of his early life and how he became a man of importance. Also, the writing style isn’t too monotone or boring (I’m listening to a novel right now that has a more boring style than this non-fiction). Usually I struggle with biographies (or autobiographies/memoirs), but this belonged to the better ones I’ve read so far.

I listened to the free LibriVox audiobook of this book. Those are of varying quality. This production was of average (tending to good) quality.

Lucas Coelho

Ben Franklin is one of my role models, he accomplish great things and this book shows a lot about his perspective of the world. But this is kind of a boring read at some points.