Autobiography Of Benjamin Franklin

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Blessed with enormous talents and the energy and ambition to go with them, Franklin was a statesman, author, inventor, printer, and scientist. He helped draft the Declaration of Independence and later was involved in negotiating the peace treaty with Britain that ended the Revolutionary War. He also invented bifocals, a stove that is still manufactured, a water-harmonica and the lightning rod. Franklin's extraordinary range of interests and accomplishments are brilliantly recorded in his 'Autobiography', considered one of the classics of the genreBiografia, Autobiografia, Memórias