The Compleated Autobiography

Readers and historians have long lamented that Benjamin Franklin failed to finish his ""Autobiography."" Now, in honor o... (more)

Readers and historians have long lamented that Benjamin Franklin failed to finish his ""Autobiography."" Now, in honor of the 300th anniversary of Franklin's birth, Mark Skousen has accomplished what the old philosopher was unable to complete: He has finished the "Autobiography" completely in Franklin's own words. (less)

Benjamin Franklin's celebrated Autobiography, published after his death, is one of the greatest autobiographies of all t... (more)

Benjamin Franklin's celebrated Autobiography, published after his death, is one of the greatest autobiographies of all time... but it was incomplete. Franklin ended his life's story in 1757, when he was only fifty-one. He lived another thirty-three full, eventful, and dramatic years, some of the most dramatic years in American history, years in which Franklin was America's advocate in London, represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress, and was America's wartime ambassador to France. During these years Franklin also helped write our nation's Constitution and planned an American Empire that would displace the British Empire. Faithfully compiled and edited from Franklin's papers by Dr. Mark Skousen, Franklin's descendant, acting as his devoted secretary, this is the closest we will ever get to Franklin sitting down in his study in Philadelphia, dipping quill into ink, and finishing his autobiography. (less)