{"product_id":"autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-unabridged-hardcover","title":"The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Hardcover)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAutobiography \/ Entrepreneurship \/ Character \/ American History\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the founder became a business archetype, Benjamin Franklin had already written the operating manual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinter. Writer. Inventor. Entrepreneur. Diplomat. Civic builder. Statesman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Franklin's unfinished autobiography, written in stages between 1771 and 1790, follows his journey from apprentice printer and runaway young man to one of the defining figures of early America. Along the way he records the habits, mistakes, experiments, relationships, ambitions, and deliberate program of self-improvement that shaped his rise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFranklin did not wait for ideal circumstances. He learned. Networks, institutions, businesses, reputation, and influence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost famously, he devised a practical program around thirteen virtues, attempting to measure his own behavior and systematically improve it. The experiment is revealing precisely because Franklin admits how difficult self-mastery proved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat makes this more than the story of a Founding Father. It is a case study in becoming useful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor entrepreneurs, professionals, young adults, writers, publishers, leaders, and anyone building a life from imperfect beginnings, Franklin offers a recognizable combination of ambition and pragmatism: learn the skill, improve the habit, earn trust, understand people, create value, and keep moving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Trumpet Publishing House unabridged edition returns readers to Franklin's own account rather than the simplified mythology that accumulated around him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead it as American history. Read it as entrepreneurial history. Read it as a study of reputation, discipline, communication, networking, civic responsibility, and the construction of a life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLong before personal development became an industry, Franklin made himself the experiment.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover | \u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Benjamin Franklin | \u003cstrong\u003eWritten:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1771 to 1790 | \u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Complete and Unabridged, Restored and Presented by Trumpet Publishing House\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFranklin's unfinished autobiography preserved in full as part of the Trumpet Publishing House restoration collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAvailable internationally. Australian readers: paperback edition available locally.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for the perfect gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-unabridged-bespoke-edition\"\u003eBespoke Edition\u003c\/a\u003e is made for founders, graduates, young professionals, entrepreneurs, writers, executives, mentors, history readers, fathers, sons, daughters, and ambitious young adults beginning to build a life of their own. Featuring a foil dust jacket, ribbon bookmark, high-quality glossy paper, and a personalized name or message. An enduring choice for graduation, first jobs, promotions, business milestones, Christmas, mentoring, and executive gifting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA young printer started with almost nothing. What he built became part of a nation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvery book purchased directly from trumpetpublishinghouse.com plants a tree. Because great ideas deserve a living legacy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Trumpet Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53991394378044,"sku":"TPH-HC-ABF-BF-001","price":57.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/3650\/1820\/files\/23.png?v=1786795876","url":"https:\/\/trumpetpublishinghouse.com\/products\/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-unabridged-hardcover","provider":"Trumpet Publishing House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}