{"product_id":"autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-isbn-9780760349847","title":"Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead about the fascinating life of Benjamin Franklin, prolific philosopher, inventor, and Founding Father of the United States, in this beautifully illustrated version of his autobiography.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican icon \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Franklin is known for many things\u003c\/b\u003e: he published the famous \u003ci\u003ePoor Richard's Almanack\u003c\/i\u003e, helped found the world-famous University of Pennsylvania, and was the first Postmaster General of the United States. His iconography is everywhere. His likeness adorns, among other things, the United States' hundred-dollar bill. Franklin was a \u003cb\u003ewildly intriguing personality\u003c\/b\u003e, as his autobiography makes plain. From his hoarding of his pay as a \u003cb\u003eteenager to buy books\u003c\/b\u003e, to his disapproval of habits like drinking beer, from his \u003cb\u003ework as a printer,\u003c\/b\u003e to his \u003cb\u003eexperiments with electricity\u003c\/b\u003e, this is the story of Franklin's life--told as only he could tell it--in the years before the American Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Franklin's writings represent a \u003cb\u003ecareer of literary\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003escientific\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003epolitical efforts\u003c\/b\u003e which extended nearly the entire eighteenth century and the birth of the United States. This \u003cb\u003eheavily illustrated version of Franklin's autobiography\u003c\/b\u003e includes his reflections on diverse questions such as philosophy and religion, social status, electricity, American national characteristics, war, and the status of women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA\u003cb\u003e classic in the American canon\u003c\/b\u003e, Franklin's autobiography is a \u003cb\u003emust-read for any serious\u003c\/b\u003e student of American history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Voyageur Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44892462285029,"sku":"NP9780760349847","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/149b9f70-467b-4a0c-be00-ab020131028c.jpg?v=1767829213","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-isbn-9780760349847","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}