- American National characteristics, History, Nonfiction, Political culture
From the first shots fired at Lexington to the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase, Joseph J. Ellis guides us through the decisive issues of the nation's founding, and illuminates the emerging philosophies, shifting alliances, and personal and political foibles of our now iconic leaders--Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, and Adams.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and cool.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Joseph J. Ellis
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- Random House Large Print, A. A. Knopf, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780739326183
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Joseph John Ellis is an American historian and professor whose work focuses on the lives and times of the founders of the United States of America. He has won the Pulitzer prize for History - Wikipedia
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