About the book
Written between 1771 and 1790 and left unfinished, Benjamin Franklin's account of his own life began as a guide for his son William, then Royal Governor of New Jersey. Franklin appears to have called it his Memoirs. It is divided into four parts written at different times, and the narrative stops in 1758, when he was 52. The first part covers his parents, his love of reading, his apprenticeship to his brother James, a Boston printer, and his anonymous essays as Silence Dogood. He then moves to Philadelphia, works for the printer Samuel Keimer, travels to London and later takes over the Pennsylvania Gazette. It became one of the most influential autobiographies ever written.
Charlie Munger included it in the recommended reading of Poor Charlie's Almanack. Buffer co-founder Joel Gascoigne read it because How to Win Friends and Influence People mentions it several times, and found much wisdom alongside the story of Franklin's life.
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This book has 3 recommendations
Joel Gascoigne (Co-founder/Buffer)
I was drawn to read Benjamin Franklin's autobiography because it is mentioned several times in How to Win Friends and Influence People. Franklin achieved extraordinary things and he has a lot of wisdom to share in his autobiography, alongside a gripping account of the story of his life.
Yaro Starak (Founder/Entrepreneurs-Journey.com)
Benjamin Franklin, his own biography was quite impressive even though it’s a little bit old in style.
Charlie Munger (Vice Chairman/Berkshire Hathaway)
On Charlie Munger’s Poor Charlie's Almanack: Recommended Reading (Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman's recommended reading)
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