![]() ![]() ![]() There are accounts of the Constitutional Convention, as well as Franklin's invention of the now infamous "Don't Tread on Me" flag that has been co-opted by neo-militia movements. Franklin never arrived at that point in his Autobiography and the writings here cover the early disputes as well as Franklin's ambassadorships to London and Paris. It should be noted that those seeking a lot of insight into the Revolution will not find much here. But several of the works collected here detail his other achievements in wit and reason, including a healthy collection of Poor Richard writings, early printing pranks, and the writings of the early Revolutionary era. The most important, and best, is The Autobiography, a breezy recollection of his curious mind and the rationality behind many of his best inventions, some of which are only recollected in that book. This splendid and thorough collection gathers in one place the most essential self publications of the greatest and most important self publisher in American history, Benjamin Franklin. ![]()
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