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Ben & Me: From Temperance to Humility--Stumbling Through Ben Franklin's Thirteen Virtues, One Unvirtuous Day at a Time
by Gunn, Cameron
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0399536078
- ISBN 13
- 9780399536076
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About This Item
Penguin Group USA . Used - Like New. May have light shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages. Paperback
Synopsis
Thirteen weeks. Thirteen virtues. Cameron Gunn considered himself a regular guy-a pretty good husband, father, attorney, and friend. But was there room for improvement? A reader of history and a fan of Ben Franklin (and weary of self-help advice that never seems to offer much help), Gunn decided to try a little experiment. He would attempt to live by Franklin's thirteen virtues, a list of lofty ideals the Founding Father held dear, as enumerated in his famous autobiography. Would Gunn's plan to improve his life, Citizen Ben-style, prove to be a brilliant reinvention of the self-help movement or a boondoggle of revolutionary proportions? By turns heartfelt, hilarious, and more than a little humbling, Gunn's adventure takes this ordinary man way outside his comfort zone and into a thicket of not-so-modern values. The result is an engaging mix of humor and history-with perhaps a lightning bolt of inspiration or two along the way. Prepare to get up close and personal with everyone's favorite Founding Father. Temperance * Silence * Order * Resolution * Frugality * Industry * Sincerity * Justice * Moderation * Cleanliness * Tranquility * Chastity * Humility
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- Bookseller
- Magers and Quinn Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 808343
- Title
- Ben & Me: From Temperance to Humility--Stumbling Through Ben Franklin's Thirteen Virtues, One Unvirtuous Day at a Time
- Author
- Gunn, Cameron
- Book Condition
- New Used - Like New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0399536078
- ISBN 13
- 9780399536076
- Publisher
- Penguin Group USA
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2010-09
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