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Template:Cell styleA list of key readings about Benjamin Franklin.

Biographies

  • Becker, Carl Lotus. "Benjamin Franklin," Dictionary of American Biography (1931) - vol 3, with hot links online
  • Brands, Henry. The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin (2000)- excellent long scholarly biography
  • Crane, Verner W. Benjamin Franklin and a Rising People (1954)
  • Hawke, David F. Franklin (1976)
  • Isaacson, Walter. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2004) - good recent biography
  • Morgan, Edmund S. Benjamni Franklin (2003) the best introduction
  • Sparks, Jared. Life of Benjamin Franklin: A Continuation of Franklin's Autobiography (1840) online edition
  • Van Doren, Carl. Benjamin Franklin (1938)
  • Wright, Esmond. Franklin of Philadelphia (1986) - excellent scholarly study