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What is the best book about Benjamin Franklin?

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>>20692118
He has an autobiography did you know that? Why get a biography of someone when you can get a literal biography made by that someone.

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>>20692122
Is it good?

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>>20692136
Yes..

>> No.20692476

>>20692136
yes!

>> No.20692484

>>20692122
Lots of lies.

>> No.20692652

>>20692136
No

>> No.20692693

Little fun historical fact for you, in 1977, over 1,200 bones making up 15-28 dead bodies was found in the basement of Benjamin Franklin

His protege ran a school of anatomy and it was "difficult to find a steady supply of human bodies to study regularly"

So Franklin was either a serial killer or used his basement to host illegal "anatomical studies" using corpses stolen from graves

Which is stranger?

Man also owned slaves and advertised the sale of slaves in his newspaper, yet spoke out against slavery later in his life

Thomas Paine is the only good-hearted revolutionary patriot it seems, who practiced what he preached, speaking ferociously against slavery while never once practicing it himself

>> No.20692700

>>20692693

1997*

>> No.20693146

>>20692693
Every person is a devil if you look long enough.

>> No.20693201

>>20692693
They were all better men than you will ever be.

>> No.20693207

>>20692693
Ben sounds kind of based. Thanks for notifying me of this.

>> No.20693211

>>20692122
Is is historically sound or does Benny Boy paint himself in a dishonest light?

Is it written in an easily digestible way?

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>>20692693
holy shit now i fucking love big ben

>> No.20693251

>>20693211
i think he lies in his auto about his relationship with his wife. he cheated in france and it was publicly known he frequented the women of the night

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>>20693211
i heard in a lecture on the enlightenment that his biography didn't have the "internal introspection" or whatever we have come to expect since modernity. he just tells you "i did this, then i did that", he's never like "i was resentful about my brother so i ran away to philly" or any shit like that. for that kind of psychoanalytic bullshit you have to read a secondary source.

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>> No.20693569

>>20692693
Pretty sure he become an abolitionist after giving up slavery. Not everybody knows what's right and wrong immediately, faggot, some people have journeys.

>> No.20693665

>>20692148
Nice try faggot but, despite your best efforts, im going to read it

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>>20692118
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin

>> No.20694907

I read Bn Franks auto and loved it. What are some other good old works by americans?

>> No.20695227

>>20692136
it's excellent. poor richard's almanack is a fun essay on making money.