He arrived in Philadelphia at seventeen with three bread rolls and no connections, and became a printer, inventor, diplomat and founder of a nation. In this autobiography, Franklin explains exactly how, including his famous system of thirteen virtues tracked daily in a little book, the original habit tracker.
This is the great grandfather of every self improvement book ever written, told with humour and zero false modesty. The strategies, industry, frugality, reputation, relentless usefulness, remain startlingly practical.
The original self made man, in his own words.
