Poor Richard's Almanac

American  

noun

1. an almanac (1732–58) written and published by Benjamin Franklin.

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Example Sentences

While Americans have boasted of casting off class since Poor Richard’s Almanac, until recently there has been little data.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2012

When publishing instructions on how to make a lightning rod in Poor Richard’s Almanac, he also refrained from noting that he was the inventor.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2010

But in other ways it resembles no journal of the Western world�with the possible exception of Benjamin Franklin's old brainchild, Poor Richard's Almanac.

From Time Magazine Archive

Success 1994 is part revival meeting, The Music Man and medicine show and all uplift, with dialogue inspired by the Bible, Poor Richard's Almanac, Calvinism, common sense and Horatio Alger.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1732 Franklin began the publication of "Poor Richard's Almanac," which soon became celebrated for its important lessons of practical morality.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)