WEALTH AND WISDOM unites two classics of the American spirit that have
influenced generations of readers and authors and helped define self-help
writing. The Way to Wealth, originally a preface to the 1758 edition of
Franklins beloved Poor Richards Almanack, presents a brief fable of a local wise
man, Father Abraham, quoting Poor Richard to an eager crowd. The set-up allows
Franklin to collect all of his famed maxims about wealth, knowledge, virtue and
all other elements of business success. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
offers Franklins life storyat least the first few decades, as he died without
finishing itas he tries to identify and develop a