Benjamin Franklin: A Biography in His Own Words (The Founding Fathers) - In Two Volumes

416 pp., paginated continuously. Two volume set. "Volume 1 contains 150 illustrations--old woodcuts, contemporary cartoons, portraits, sketches, and drawings--all illuminating and complementing the text. In addition there is a 16-page picture portfolio in full color, "Ben Franklin's Philadelphia," and a chronology of Franklin and his times." "Volume 2 contains 110 illustrations--old woodcuts, contemporary cartoons, portraits, sketches, and drawings--all illuminating and complementing the text. In addition there is a 16-page picture portfolio in full color, "An American Abroad," that chronicles his long years in England and France. A selected bibliography and a full index make this a useful reference work."