MANY BOOKS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
HERE IS A LIST OF SOME I THINK ARE WORTH READING
I HAVE ALSO INCLUDED BOOKS DEALING WITH THE TIMES AND THE PEOPLE, PLEASE ENJOY THEM WIYH ME
LET ME SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHY FRANKLIN THOUGH READING WAS SO IMPORTANT.
HE WAS SELF EDCUATED. HE HAD ONLY 2 YEARS OF FORMAL EDCUATION
HE SAID "READING IS THE WAY TO WEALTH". READING IS THE WAY TO IMPROVE YOURSELF
IN HIS FINAL YEARS HE BUILT A LIBRARY IN THE NEW SECTION OF HIS HOME ON THE SECOND FLOOR
THAT WAS 16ft WIDE 30ft LONG AND 8ft HIGH
HE CATALOGUED ALL OF HIS BOOK'S (SOME OF WHICH HE HAD WRITTEN AND ALL OF WHICH HE HAS READ)
HIS TOTAL COLLECTION WAS OVER 4,000 BOOKS
HE HAS FIVE DOCTORATES FROM MAJOR UNIVERSITIES
A QUESTION I LIKE TO ASK IS "WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU FINISH READING A BOOK" ( ANSWER AT BOTTOM OF PAGE)
BOOK AUTHOR
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN A BIOGRAPHY RONALD W. CLARK
MON CHER PAPA - FRANKLIN AND THE LADIES CLAUDE-ANNE LOPEZ
FRANKLIN OF PHILADELPHIA ESMOND WRIGHT
BENJAMIN FRANLLIN AN AMERICAN LIFE WALTER ISAACSON
THE FIRST AMERICAN H. W. BRANDS
THE AMERICANIZATION OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN GORDON S. WOOD
FRANKLIN THE ESSENTIAL FOUNDUNG FATHER JAMES SRODES
A GREAT IMPROVISATION FRANKLIN, FRANCE AND THE BIRTH OF AMERICA STACY SCHIFF
THE PRIVATE FRANKLIN CLAUDE-ANNE LOPEZ & EUGENIA W. HUMES
THE WIT AND WISDOM OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JAMES C. HUMES
MIRACLE AT PHILADELPHIA CATHERINE DRINKER BOWEN
THE SCRACH OF A PEN COLIN G. CALLOWAY
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CARL VAN DOREN (PUBLISHED 1938 OUT OF PRINT)
REVOLUTIONARY CHARACTERS GORDON S. WOOD
MY LIFE WITH BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLAUDE-ANNE LOPEZ
FUSILIERS - THE SAGA OF A BRITISH REGIMENT IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MARK URBAN
THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN EDITED BY CARLA MULFORD
REVOLUTIONARIES JACK RAKOVE
DEFIANCE OF THE PATRIOTS- THE BOSTON TEA PARTY & THE MAKING OF AMERICA BENJAMIN L. CARP
TEN TEA PARTIES: PATRIOCTIC PROTEST JOSEPH COMMINGS
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR WALTER R. BORNEMAN
THE IMPROVISATION OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STACY SCHIFF
THE SUMMER OF 1787 DAVID O. STEWART
STAMPT ACT CRISIS EDMUND S. MORGAN & HELLEN M. MORGAN
FOUNDERS ABD THE BIBLE CARL J. RICHARD
HISTORY OF THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHARLES BOTTA
(THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN IN THE EARLY 19th CENTURY)
FRANKLIN & WASHINGTON The Found ing Partnership EDWARD J. LARSON
THIS IS JUST A SHORT LIST OF BOOKS I HAVE READ
ANSWER TO ABOVE QUESTION: PICK UP ANOTHER BOOK TO READ!!
REMEMBER THE WAY TO WEALTH IS READING