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6 Best money memoirs

How would you rather learn about finance: from a dusty textbook, or a tale of towering egos and high-stakes gambling? Money Magazine picked out six of the best real-life stories.

By David Futrelle, Money Magazine contributing writer

<br>The Autobiography<br>of Benjamin Franklin (1791)

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Best book about entrepreneurialism:

The Autobiography
of Benjamin Franklin (1791)

A lively and inspirational tale of how a youngster who arrived in Philadelphia in 1723, grimy and almost penniless, became, well, Benjamin Franklin.

While Franklin's disquisitions on virtue can get a little dour, his vivid portrait of the rough-and-tumble commercial world of the 1700s helped spread the notion of America as a land of opportunity.

Lesson: Save your pennies, sure, but don't be afraid to drop them to grab the opportunities that come your way.

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