[Ads-l] How's that, again?

[Joel Berson]

In 1710 there was the autobiography (untitled) of a twelve-penny (one shilling) piece, recounting its "life and adventures" (mainly transactions).  This is oral history, as the shilling could not write, transcribed it is believed by Joseph Addison.
Tatler No. 249, November 11, 1710. 
 http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/004786805.0001.000/1:64?rgn=div1;view=fulltext
Joel
 

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There was the porny "Autobiography of a Flea" in the 19th century. I've always suspected there might have been at least a co-author (if not an outright ghost writer) involved.

--Charlie

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Maybe it all started with "_The Autobiography of Malcolm X_, by Alex Haley."

Or "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, by Gertrude Stein." (Rather more
obscure.)

Several Internet users (twelve years old, one hopes) ask, "Who wrote  The
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" or "of Mark Twain" or "of Charles
Darwin."

JL

On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 4:39 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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> His car gets a bio? How many cars did he have?  What happens when ya don't
> got kids.
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