The True Benjamin Franklin
by Sydney George Fisher
Publisher: J.B. Lippincott Company 1903
ISBN/ASIN: B004ASORYS
Number of pages: 381
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This is an analysis of the life and character of Franklin. The author have endeavored so far as possible to let Franklin speak for himself. The present single volume is more in the way of an estimate of his position, worth, and work, and yet gives every essential fact of his career with enough detail to enable the reader to appreciate it.
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