Book description
In this landmark work of history, the National Book Awardāwinning author of American Sphinx explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed individualsāHamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madisonāconfronted the overwhelming challenges before them to set the course for our nation.
The United States was more aā¦
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1 author picked Founding Brothers as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Joseph Ellis is probably the most popular historian of the founding period, and for good reason: he has few rivals as a storyteller. As with Wood, Ellis has written at least a dozen books that could be included in my list, but Founding Brothers is probably his most well-known, as well as my personal favorite. I assign small bits of it in my American political thought course as a supplement to the primary texts, and students often comment on how much they enjoy reading it.
From Dennis' list on American founders from a political theorist.
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