Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography is one of the greatest autobiographies of all time--but it was incomplete. Franklin ended his life's story in 1757, but he lived another thirty-three years, during which he was America's advocate in London, represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress, and was America's wartime ambassador to France. One of the most fascinating of the Founding Fathers, Franklin was a polymath, a practical statesman, and a cynic and wit beyond parallel. Compiled and edited from Franklin's papers, this is the closest we will get to Franklin finishing his autobiography. Mark Skousen is a descendant of Benjamin Franklin through Franklin's grandson Louis Bache.