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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

7 h 31 min · 21 chapters · read by Gary Gilberd

Benjamin Franklin tells his own life, written for his son: running away from Boston at seventeen, building a printing business in Philadelphia, his plan for moral perfection and the many public projects he started. Witty and practical, it is one of the first great American autobiographies.

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Chapters

1. Introduction19:16
2. Chapter 1 Ancestry and Early Youth in Boston25:49
3. Chapter 2 Beginning Life as a Printer24:04
4. Chapter 3 Arrival in Philadelphia16:47
5. Chapter 4 First Visit to Boston18:00
6. Chapter 5 Early Friends in Philadelphia10:07
7. Chapter 6 First Visit to London29:46
8. Chapter 7 Beginning Business in Philadelphia34:20
9. Chapter 8 Business Success and First Public Service27:50
10. Chapter 9 Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection31:41
11. Chapter 10 Poor Richard's Almanac and Other Activities21:33
12. Chapter 11 Interest in Public Affairs17:27
13. Chapter 12 Defense of the Province21:28
14. Chapter 13 Public Services and Duties32:29
15. Chapter 14 Albany Plan of Union5:23
16. Chapter 15 Quarrels with the Proprietary Governors7:53
17. Chapter 16 Braddock's Expedition26:41
18. Chapter 17 Franklin's Defense of the Frontier19:05
19. Chapter 18 Scientific Experiments9:26
20. Chapter 19 Agent of Pennsylvania in London35:20
21. Appendix16:14

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