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Country United States Publication date 2000 ISBN 0-375-40544-5 Publisher Alfred A. Knopf | 3.9/5 Goodreads Language English Media type Print (Hardback) Originally published 2000 Genre Non-fiction Adaptations Founding Brothers (2002) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pages 304 (248 without source notes) Similar Joseph J Ellis books, Pulitzer Prize for History winners, History books |
Joseph j ellis founding brothers the revolutionary generation audiobook part 1
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book written by Joseph Ellis, a professor of history at Mount Holyoke College, which won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for History. It explores selected interactions among a group of individuals both gifted and flawed; interactions that profoundly influenced the early development of the United States.
Contents
- Joseph j ellis founding brothers the revolutionary generation audiobook part 1
- Book review the founding brothers the revolutionary generation by joseph j ellis
- Overview
- Awards
- Reviews
- Movie
- References
Book review the founding brothers the revolutionary generation by joseph j ellis
Overview
Ellis constructed his book by assessing certain events during the decade following the 1787 Constitutional Convention,
"He chooses to do this not in any systematic or comprehensive manner, but by focusing on a half-dozen political personages (John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr) and a handful of revealing episodes that would test their convictions and friendships."
He notes that Ellis borrowed his technique from Lytton Strachey's classic study, Eminent Victorians, about notable English figures.
Awards
Reviews
Joyce Appleby of the Washington Post Book World commented that, "In lesser hands the fractious disputes and hysterical rhetoric of these contentious nation-builders might come across as hyperbolic pettiness. Ellis knows better, and he unpacks the real issues for his readers, revealing the driving assumptions and riveting fears that animated Americans' first encounter with the organized ideologies and interests we call parties."
Movie
In 2002, The History Channel produced a three-and-a-half hour documentary covering the various topics of the book.