{"title":"Library Of America Benjamin Franklin Edition","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"benjamin-franklin-autobiography-poor-richard-and-later-writings-loa-37b-book-benjamin-franklin-9781883011536","title":"Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings (LOA #37b)","description":"Writing has been of Great Use to me in the Course of my Life, Benjamin Franklin said in his famous \u003ci\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/i\u003e. With characteristically calculated understatement, he attributed his enormous and varied successes to my having learnt a little to scribble. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Library of America collection of Franklin's works begins with letters sent from London (1757-1775) describing the events and diplomacy preceding the Revolutionary War. The volume also contains political satires, bagatelles, pamphlets, and letters written in Paris (1776-1785), where he represented the revolutionary United States at the court of Louis XVI, as well as his speeches given in the Constitutional Convention and other works written in Philadelphia (1785-1790), including his last published article, a searing satire against slavery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlso included are the delightfully shrewd prefaces to \u003ci\u003ePoor Richard's Almanack\u003c\/i\u003e (1733-1758) and their worldly, pungent maxims that have entered our American culture. Finally, the classic \u003ci\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/i\u003e, Franklin's last word on his greatest literary creation--his own invented personality--is presented here in a new edition, completely faithful to Franklin's manuscript. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA companion volume includes the complete Silence Dogood series, Busy-Body essays, and a generous selection of his early writings, including letters to the press, satires, and pamphlets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIBRARY OF AMERICA\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. 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From his first appearance in print, in the guise of the eccentric, opinionated, voluble “Silence Dogood” (1722), to his last published article, a searing satire against slavery (1790), he covered every aspect of “the question of America” with radiant clarity, wit, and penetration.  This Library of America collection begins with items written by Franklin during his early years in Boston and London (1722–1726), including the complete “Silence Dogood” essay series. The volume also includes the famous “Busy-Body” essays (1728–1729); many of the news articles and essays he penned after he purchased the failing Pennsylvania Gazette (which eventually became the most widely read newspaper in the colonies); and various political satires, pamphlets, and personal correspondence written while he lived in Philadelphia from 1726 to 1757. The book concludes with material he published while a diplomat in London from 1757 to 1775 (including letters to the press, satires, and pamphlets).  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