Douglas Anderson is the Sterling-Goodman Professor of English at the University of Georgia and the author of several books, including The Radical Enlightenments of Benjamin Franklin, also published by Johns Hopkins.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceA Note to the ReaderIntroduction: Accident and Design1. Great Works and Little Anecdotes2. Imposing Forms3. The Scramble of Life4. Litera Scripta Manet5. Some Uses of CunningConclusion: Segmented SerpentNotesIndex

A nuanced discussion of Franklin's life and thought. Reference and Research Book News This book deserves a special place on any library's shelf... Franklin was a master at segmenting and redistributing his experience in different formats, Anderson points out, and Franklin's autobiography is very much a part of that digressive practice... This study provides an illuminating insight into autobiography in general and the ways publishers and editors partly determine a book's structure and fate. Choice

Douglas Anderson is the Sterling-Goodman Professor of English at the University of Georgia and the author of several books, including The Radical Enlightenments of Benjamin Franklin, also published by Johns Hopkins.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceA Note to the ReaderIntroduction: Accident and Design1. Great Works and Little Anecdotes2. Imposing Forms3. The Scramble of Life4. Litera Scripta Manet5. Some Uses of CunningConclusion: Segmented SerpentNotesIndex

A nuanced discussion of Franklin's life and thought. Reference and Research Book News This book deserves a special place on any library's shelf... Franklin was a master at segmenting and redistributing his experience in different formats, Anderson points out, and Franklin's autobiography is very much a part of that digressive practice... This study provides an illuminating insight into autobiography in general and the ways publishers and editors partly determine a book's structure and fate. Choice

Douglas Anderson is the Sterling-Goodman Professor of English at the University of Georgia and the author of several books, including The Radical Enlightenments of Benjamin Franklin, also published by Johns Hopkins.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceA Note to the ReaderIntroduction: Accident and Design1. Great Works and Little Anecdotes2. Imposing Forms3. The Scramble of Life4. Litera Scripta Manet5. Some Uses of CunningConclusion: Segmented SerpentNotesIndex

A nuanced discussion of Franklin's life and thought. Reference and Research Book News This book deserves a special place on any library's shelf... Franklin was a master at segmenting and redistributing his experience in different formats, Anderson points out, and Franklin's autobiography is very much a part of that digressive practice... This study provides an illuminating insight into autobiography in general and the ways publishers and editors partly determine a book's structure and fate. Choice