(Ebook) The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: with Related Documents by Louis P. Masur ISBN 9781319048990, 1319048994

(Ebook) The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: with Related Documents by Louis P. Masur ISBN 9781319048990, 1319048994

The third edition ofThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, with Related Documentscontinues to encourage students to think about the work's lasting impact on American society and culture. Louis P. Masur’s introduction is designed to make Franklin accessible and inviting to students. An expanded Related Documents section provides a sample of Franklin’s voluminous writings. Two new documents reveal Franklin at his curious, inventive best, offering readers a glimpse of Franklin outside of the Autobiography. A new visual source pairing invites students to interpret Franklin’s changing image over time, through the works of two different artists. A chronology, questions for consideration, a bibliographic essay, and an index enrich students’ understanding of Franklin, eighteenth-century America, and the rags-to-riches ideal that has played, and continues to play, such a significant role in American history.