{"product_id":"the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin","title":"The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin","description":"In 1771, at the age of 65, Benjamin Franklin sat down to write his autobiography, \"having emerged from the poverty and obscurity in which I was born and bred to a state of affluence and some degree of reputation in the world, and having gone so far through life with a considerable share of felicity.\" The result is a classic of American literature.\n\nOn the eve of the tercentenary of Franklin's birth, the university he founded has selected the \u003ci\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/i\u003e for the Penn Reading Project. Each year, for the past fifteen years, the University of Pennsylvania has chosen a single work that the entire incoming class, and a large segment of the faculty and staff, read and discuss together. For this occasion the University of Pennsylvania Press has published a special edition of Franklin's \u003ci\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/i\u003e, including a new preface by University president Amy Gutmann and an introduction by distinguished scholar Peter Conn. The volume also includes four short essays by noted Penn professors as well as a chronology of Franklin's life and the text of Franklin's \u003ci\u003eProposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania\u003c\/i\u003e, a document resulting in the establishment of an institution of higher education that ultimately became the University of Pennsylvania.","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52691205980527,"sku":"9780812219296","price":135.88,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/9384\/9711\/files\/0812219295.jpg?v=1771532724","url":"https:\/\/internacional.umlivro.com.br\/products\/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin","provider":"UmLivro Internacional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}