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Ben Franklin Autobiography & Other Writings
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038062
ISBN
9780451469885
Grade 9-AD
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Description
The Signet Classic edition contains the autobiography as well as several other essays and letters written by Franklin, divided into categories like Wealth (includes Plans for Future Conduct, The Way to Wealth, etc.), Do Good (Fire-Fighting, The Pennsylvania Academy, etc.), Scientist (The Young Naturalist, The Lightning Rod, etc.), Revolution (The Stamp Act, After Repeal, etc.), Family (Franky Franklin's Death, Home Again, etc.), and Religion (A Practical Theology, Here is My Creed, etc.). 352 pgs, pb.
Category Description for Omnibus III: Reformation to the Present
First Semester Primary Books: Westminster Confession of Faith, The Pilgrim's Progress, Of Plymouth Plantation, The Social Contract, Foundational American Documents, Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers, A Tale of Two Cities.
First Semester Secondary Books: Foxe's Book of Martyrs, Frankenstein, Pride and Prejudice, Gulliver's Travels, Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Second Semester Primary Books: Reflections on the Revolution in France, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Lincoln's Speeches, Slave Narratives, The Communist Manifesto, The Treaty of Versailles, The Great Gatsby, Mein Kampf, Philemon, The Epistles of John, The Epistles of Peter and Jude, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Daniel.
Second Semester Secondary Books: Little Women, The Killer Angels, Christianity and Liberalism, The Old Man and the Sea, Animal Farm, Death of a Salesman, Postmodern Times, How Should We Then Live?
Details
| Product Format: | Softcover Book |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 9-AD |
| Brand: | Signet Classic |
| Author: | Benjamin Franklin |
| ISBN: | 9780451469885 |
| Length in Inches: | 6.75 |
| Width in Inches: | 4.25 |
| Height in Inches: | 1 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 0.4 |
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School reading
Because everyone should know and be familiar with Franklins writings. And it's part of a literature course we are using.
American Literature class
Part of daughter's Omnibus III Secondary reading curriculum