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Thursday, July 13, 2006

The First Novel Published in the United States

It was "Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded", written by English novelist Samuel Richardson and published in America in 1774. The publisher was none other than Benjamin Franklin. An excellent biography entitled 'Benjamin Franklin, An American Life" written by Walter Isaacson contains this and other fascinating facts about our greatest maxim-maker.

Examples: "Fish and visitors stink in three days;" "An ounce of protection is worth a pound of cure;" "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise;" "Three may keep a secret if two are dead."

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