The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin's wide range of activities and interests opened the doors of the world to him. Printer, inventor, philosopher, champion of liberty, his influence has been felt by every American generation.

At one time he was appointed postmaster of Philadelphia and succeeded in making a profit out of it. He organized the citizenry to pave and light the streets, started a fire brigade and a fire insurance company, founded a lending library, helped build a hospital and get underway an academy that later became the University of Pennsylvania.

To everything he touched, including his autobiography, he brought originality and wit.