San Antonio College Library

A collection of readings offering contrasting interpretations of the significance of Benjamin Franklin's life, work, and writings and their influence on the American character.

Unlike conventional approaches to biography, Seavey's study sets apart the Autobiography and its provenance for special focus. However, like a biography, this is also a study of Franklin's personality as it developed from his birth is Boston to his death. His own self-understanding has posed a particular challenge to the students of his life. The great impediment to biographies of Franklin is that he took charge of the territory first. He was intensely...

This new study of 'Prison life' places the work and these two years in proper perspective. Davis was imprisoned and Craven was assigned to be his physician, not much more than that should be accepted as fact. This edition reproduces Davis's annotations and comments from his personal copy, along with editorial notes and explanations. It also provides a clear, objective description of Davis's life at Fort Monroe, based on evidence and Davis's own letters...

"This comprehensive and scholarly biography conveys ... Douglas's most important achievements, their political ramifications, and historic import." -- Dust jacket.

Provides a biography analyzing Franklin's many-faceted public career, his ingenious inventions, prose style, and personality.

Variant setting of t.p."Reprinted December 1929". Includes bibliographical references and index.