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Brand new: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See the ...
Binding
Hardcover
Product Group
Book
Weight
1 lbs
IsTextBook
No
ISBN
9780375405440

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375405445
ISBN-13
9780375405440
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1720593

Product Key Features

Book Title
Founding Brothers : the Revolutionary Generation
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Topic
United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Presidents & Heads of State, Political, United States / General, Historical
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Joseph J. Ellis
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
19 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.5 in

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LCCN
99-059304
Reviews
"A splendid bookhumane, learned, written with flair and radiant with a calm intelligence and wit." The New York Times Book Review "Lively and illuminating...leaves the reader with a visceral sense of a formative era in American life." The New York Times "Masterful.... Fascinating.... Ellis is an elegant stylist.... [He] captures the passion the founders brought to the revolutionary project.... [A] very fine book." Chicago Tribune "Learned, exceedingly well-written, and perceptive." The Oregonian "Lucid.... Ellis has such command of the subject matter that it feels fresh, particularly as he segues from psychological to political, even to physical analysis.... Ellis's storytelling helps us more fully hear the Brothers' voices." Business Week "Splendid.... Revealing.... An extraordinary book. Its insightful conclusions rest on extensive research, and its author's writing is vigorous and lucid." St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Vivid and unforgettable . . . [an] enduring achievement." The Boston Globe " Founding Brothers is a wonderful book, one of the best . . . on the Founders ever written. . . . Ellis has established himself as the Founders' historian for our time." Gordon S. Wood, The New York Review of Books From the Trade Paperback edition., "A splendid bookhumane, learned, written with flair and radiant with a calm intelligence and wit." The New York Times Book Review "Lively and illuminating…leaves the reader with a visceral sense of a formative era in American life." The New York Times "Masterful…. Fascinating…. Ellis is an elegant stylist…. [He] captures the passion the founders brought to the revolutionary project…. [A] very fine book." Chicago Tribune "Learned, exceedingly well-written, and perceptive." The Oregonian "Lucid…. Ellis has such command of the subject matter that it feels fresh, particularly as he segues from psychological to political, even to physical analysis…. Ellis's storytelling helps us more fully hear the Brothers' voices." Business Week "Splendid…. Revealing…. An extraordinary book. Its insightful conclusions rest on extensive research, and its author's writing is vigorous and lucid." St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Vivid and unforgettable . . . [an] enduring achievement." The Boston Globe " Founding Brothers is a wonderful book, one of the best . . . on the Founders ever written. . . . Ellis has established himself as the Founders' historian for our time." Gordon S. Wood, The New York Review of Books From the Trade Paperback edition., "A splendid bookhumane, learned, written with flair and radiant with a calm intelligence and wit."The New York Times Book Review "Lively and illuminating…leaves the reader with a visceral sense of a formative era in American life."The New York Times "Masterful…. Fascinating…. Ellis is an elegant stylist…. [He] captures the passion the founders brought to the revolutionary project…. [A] very fine book."Chicago Tribune "Learned, exceedingly well-written, and perceptive."The Oregonian "Lucid…. Ellis has such command of the subject matter that it feels fresh, particularly as he segues from psychological to political, even to physical analysis…. Ellis's storytelling helps us more fully hear the Brothers' voices."Business Week "Splendid…. Revealing…. An extraordinary book. Its insightful conclusions rest on extensive research, and its author's writing is vigorous and lucid."St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Vivid and unforgettable . . . [an] enduring achievement." The Boston Globe "Founding Brothersis a wonderful book, one of the best . . . on the Founders ever written. . . . Ellis has established himself as the Founders' historian for our time." Gordon S. Wood,The New York Review of Books From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
973.4/0922
Synopsis
An illuminating study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic--John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. During the 1790s, which Ellis calls the most decisive decade in our nation's history, the greatest statesmen of their generation--and perhaps any--came together to define the new republic and direct its course for the coming centuries. Ellis focuses on six discrete moments that exemplify the most crucial issues facing the fragile new nation: Burr and Hamilton's deadly duel, and what may have really happened; Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison's secret dinner, during which the seat of the permanent capital was determined in exchange for passage of Hamilton's financial plan; Franklin's petition to end the "peculiar institution" of slavery--his last public act--and Madison's efforts to quash it; Washington's precedent-setting Farewell Address, announcing his retirement from public office and offering his country some final advice; Adams's difficult term as Washington's successor and his alleged scheme to pass the presidency on to his son; and finally, Adams and Jefferson's renewed correspondence at the end of their lives, in which they compared their different views of the Revolution and its legacy. In a lively and engaging narrative, Ellis recounts the sometimes collaborative, sometimes archly antagonistic interactions between these men, and shows us the private characters behind the public personas: Adams, the ever-combative iconoclast, whose closest political collaborator was his wife, Abigail; Burr, crafty, smooth, and one of the most despised public figures of his time; Hamilton, whose audacious manner and deep economic savvy masked his humble origins; Jefferson, renowned for his eloquence, but so reclusive and taciturn that he rarely spoke more than a few sentences in public; Madison, small, sickly, and paralyzingly shy, yet one of the most effective debaters of his generation; and the stiffly formal Washington, the ultimate realist, larger-than-life, and America's only truly indispensable figure. Ellis argues that the checks and balances that permitted the infant American republic to endure were not primarily legal, constitutional, or institutional, but intensely personal, rooted in the dynamic interaction of leaders with quite different visions and values. Revisiting the old-fashioned idea that character matters, Founding Brothers informs our understanding of American politics--then and now--and gives us a new perspective on the unpredictable forces that shape history.
LC Classification Number
E302.5.E45 2000

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  • by itschuur
    19 Aug, 2020

    Excellent work on the birth of a Great Nation

    There are many books on the what lead up to the independence of America, but very few on what happened afterwards. This book gives a good look into the different parties that existed during the nations founding, the men who lead them, and how they addressed the issues of their time, slavery and state's rights being the major points of contention. The read is easy and smooth while full of details. I highly recommend it.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: thrift.books

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    16 Jan, 2025

    Looks to be a very good copy and I'm sur...

    Looks to be a very good copy and I'm sure the contents will be excellent reading. Thank you

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    30 May, 2025

    Always a pleasure buying books from you-...

    Always a pleasure buying books from you-like the rest, this one was in better shape than expected, tight, clean and fully rebate for years with an intact dust jacket. Thank you!!

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  • by hamster5
    30 Mar, 2016

    Background on the founding of our national government.

    Joeseph Ellis presents the story of how our national government came to be via the men who put their personal fortunes and ambitions on-the-line. As with much in the real world, money was at the center of it. How to pay for the war debt, pay the army, pay for ongoing provisions for the army was one of the biggest problems for the young US. Robert Morris is not often counted as one of the primary founders of our nation, but Ellis points out how we couldn't have survived as a nation without his talents, and his fortune.

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