Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography

American historian Jesse Lemisch reads several selections from American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography. Franklin began his autobiography—what he referred to as his “memoirs”—in 1771. His last entries were written shortly before his death in 1790. Among the highlighted portions read by Lemisch are Franklin discussing his love for reading, his relocation from Boston to Philadelphia, and an original list of “moral virtues.” An introduction as well as complete transcripts to all the excerpts read are included in the liner notes.

Track Listing

101	Introduction	L. Jesse Lemisch	02:26
102	Childhood	L. Jesse Lemisch	04:56
103	Discovering Books	L. Jesse Lemisch	06:12
104	Leaving Boston	L. Jesse Lemisch	04:41
105	Philadelphia	L. Jesse Lemisch	04:50
201	The Junto	L. Jesse Lemisch	03:50
202	Founding a Library	L. Jesse Lemisch	03:56
203	Moral Virtues	L. Jesse Lemisch	15:10