Autobiography Collection Benjamin Fr..., Benjamin Franklin
Autobiography Collection Benjamin Fr..., Benjamin Franklin
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Autobiography Collection: Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Carnegie, Nikola Tesla, and John D. Rockefeller

Author: Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Nikola Tesla

Narrator: Michael Harding, Stephen Vernon, Austin Vanfleet, Thomas Rode

Unabridged: 24 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/23/2020

Synopsis

This audio book contains the autobiographies of the four most influential men in America: Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Carnegie, Nikola Tesla, and John D. RockefellerThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is a record of his Franklin's own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790. Franklin's account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods at which he wrote them. Franklin and his autobiography can been seen as "the most remarkable of all the remarkable histories of our self-made men". This is arguably the greatest autobiography ever written.The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie recounts Carnegie's life as an exceptional steel robber baron and his later years as a philanthropist. In his autobiography Carnegie speaks of "The Gospel of Wealth,” a manifesto on the duty of the wealthy to give back to society.My Inventions, The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla is an autobiography like no other of the greatest inventor to ever live. Tesla's personal account is divided into six chapters covering different periods of his life: My Early Life, My First Efforts At Invention, My Later Endeavors, The Discovery of the Rotating Magnetic Field, The Discovery of the Tesla Coil and Transformer, The Magnifying Transmitter, and The Art of Telautomatics.The Autobiography of John D. Rockefeller (Random Reminiscences Of Men And Events) is about the success of Rockefeller as an American tycoon in the oil industry business and a philanthropist. He is widely regarded the wealthiest American of all time. This autobiography gives interesting insights into the life of the richest person in modern history.Download your copy now!

About Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was one of the most important and influential Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, political theorist, politician, printer, scientist, inventor, civic activist, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As a political writer and activist, he essentially invented the idea of an American nation. And as a diplomat during the American Revolution, he secured the French military and financial aid that made victory over Britain possible. Franklin's many inventions include the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, and the harmonica.

Franklin was born in what was then the British colony of Boston, Massachusetts, on January 17, 1706. The fifteenth of seventeen children, he received only two years of formal education. He started working in his father's candlemaking shop at the age of ten and later became an apprentice printer, working for his brother James. As a printer he developed a love for books, from which he educated himself. He spent two years in London, where he learned more about printing, and returned to Philadelphia in 1726. There he established the Pennsylvania Gazette and Poor Richard's Almanack.

Franklin established service organizations, was postmaster of Philadelphia, and founded a college that eventually became the University of Pennsylvania. He returned to London in 1757 as an agent of the Pennsylvania Assembly and remained there nearly eighteen years. In 1775, Franklin returned to the colonies and joined the committee that was drafting the Declaration of Independence.

Franklin died in Philadelphia on April 17, 1790.

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AudiobooksNow review by Tim on 2024-04-20 09:29:04

Old English prose and confusing syntax. Interesting subjects with uninteresting narratives.

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