<b>Written initially to guide his son Benjamin Franklin's autobiography is a lively spellbinding account of his unique and eventful life now a classic of world literature that is sure to inspire and delight readers everywhere.</b> <p/>Few men could compare to Benjamin Franklin. Virtually self-taught he excelled as an athlete a man of letters a printer a scientist a wit an inventor an editor and a writer and he was probably the most successful diplomat in American history. David Hume hailed him as the first great philosopher and great man of letters in the New World.