Preview · Page 1 of 3
Meet the Book
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
“Dear son: I have ever had pleasure in obtaining any little anecdotes of my ancestors.” — Twyford, 1771: an old man of sixty-five sits down to write his life to his son, and begins, as he did everything, with his family.
Press Next to step inside the book.
Preview · Page 2 of 3
From Inside the Book — Arrival in Philadelphia
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Philadelphia, 1723: a seventeen-year-old runaway comes up Market Street with a roll under each arm and a third in his hand, eating as he walks — and passes the door of the girl he will marry, who watches him go by and thinks him very odd. Everything in Franklin’s life starts on that street.
Press Next to see everything that is inside the whole volume.
Preview · Page 3 of 3
What’s Inside
- Parts One and Two complete — Twyford, 1771 and Passy, 1784: the Boston boyhood, the arrival in Philadelphia, the first London voyage, the building of the business, and the Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection.
- 2 hours 46 minutes of narration — Benjamin Franklin himself stands in golden light in the corner of the stage and reads his own life aloud.
- His own plates — the arrival in Philadelphia, Deborah Read, the Pennsylvania Gazette — set through the reading room.
- Volume Two stands on the same shelf — Parts Three and Four, the public man.
- The barcode rides every stage frame — scan any moment to come back to this bookstore.
The Autobiography is Benjamin Franklin’s own text, written between 1771 and 1789 and long in the public domain — his words untouched. The narration is a performed reading of that text, made for this edition. Editor: Franklin Langston.
$79
franklinlangston.gumroad.com/l/oywtqa
Point a camera at this barcode to come straight back to this bookstore — and pass it on.