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Ben Franklin The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin: Oxford University Press, 1970. 201 pp. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin reveals the life of an important historical American. Franklin’s autobiography is a real story set in eighteenth century America. The book shares and reveals his life experiences, but the book is more than just a picture of his life. It is an attempt for Franklin to present his concepts, and feelings on how to be the ideal citizen of the new land of America. Franklin’s concepts and ideals reveal the he is not only a hard working American citizen, but that he is also a husband, a brother, a man of faith, a man of learning, a printer, a businessman, a writer, a politician, and a public servant. Throughout his book, Franklin reveals to his readers that he has determination, perseverance, and relies on his sound code of ethics. Due to all these traits, Franklin rises out of the shadows to prominence and wealth. In the first part of the book, Franklin gives his readers background information on his family and a general profile of his ancestors. The details that he presents show the high franklin, life, franklin’s, through, reveals, readers, moral, man, business, book, writing, library, human, almanac, public, printing, himself, good, virtues, values, time, tells, style, reading, point, others, one, makes, help, hard, family, education, due, club, better