Writings
Format:
Book
Title:
Writings
Uniform Title:
Works. Selections. 1987
Author:
ISBN:
9780940450295
Distribution:
New York, NY : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking,
Publication:
New York, N.Y. : Literary Classics of the United States,
Physical Description:
1605 pages ; 21 cm.
Series title(s):
Number in series:
37.
General Note:
Other title information: Boston and London, 1722-1726, Philadelphia, 1726-1757, London, 1757-1775, Paris, 1776-1785, Philadelphia, 1785-1790, Poor Richard's almanack, 1733-1758, The autobiography.
"J.A. Leo Lemay wrote the notes and selected the texts for this volume"--5th prelim. page.
Contents:
Boston and London, 1722-1726; Silence Dogood, writings from The New England Courant, a dissertation on liberty and necessity -- Philadelphia, 1726-1757; Including the Busy-body, essays and news reporting from The Pennsylvania Gazette, pamphlets, and letters -- London, 1757-1775; Including letters to the press, political satires, pamphlets, and letters -- Paris, 1776-1785; Including political satires, bagatelles, pamphlets, and letters -- Philadelphia, 1785-1790; Including bagatelles, speeches in the Constitutional convention, writings on slavery, letters -- Poor Richard's almanack, 1733-1758 -- The autobiography.
Summary:
This Benjamin Franklin anthology includes Poor Richard's Almanack, The Autobiography, speeches in the Constitutional Convention, writings on slavery, essays, news reporting, political satires, bagatelles, pamphlets, and letters.
Subject(s):
Added Title:
Poor Richard's almanack.
Poor Richard's almanac.
Benjamin Franklin's autobiography.