Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

In this landmark work of history, the National Book Award?winning author of American Sphinx explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed individuals?Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madison?confronted the overwhelming challenges before them to set the course for our nation.

The United States was more a fragile hope than a reality in 1790. During the decade that followed, the Founding Fathers?re-examined here as Founding Brothers?combined the ideals of the Declaration of Independence with the content of the Constitution to create the practical workings of our government. Through an analysis of six fascinating episodes?Hamilton and Burr?s deadly duel, Washington?s precedent-setting Farewell Address, Adams? administration and political partnership with his wife, the debate about where to place the capital, Franklin?s attempt to force Congress to confront the issue of slavery and Madison?s attempts to block him, and Jefferson and Adams? famous correspondence?Founding Brothers brings to life the vital issues and personalities from the most important decade in our nation?s history.
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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-23-2009; Good, but not as good as the other books that Ellis has written!; Unlike the single-subject character studies that Ellis has written, this book is a collection of six stories about the revolutionary generation. It starts out with the story of the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr (the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-06-2009; Pontificating Professor; I had just finished Walter Isaacson's biography of Ben Franklin, a book I greatly admired for its ability to illuminate Franklin and his times. I thought Ellis' book would be a good followup. But after two chapters, I quit reading. The...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-29-2009; Wonderfully Instructive on How We Got From There to Here; I really enjoyed this book, largely owing to the structure. Rather than a dry recitation of the facts, the author chose six episodes from the period immediately following the American Revolution featuring the main players of the day...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-23-2009; If you like +200 pages of opinion and gobblydegook with little substantial evidence...; Founding Brothers is just some guy's commentary regarding certain debatable events following the Revolution. Whatever. If you weed out his opinions and all the extraneous detail (like what type of fabric a certain person's petticoat is...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-23-2009; Good, but not as good as the other books that Ellis has written!; Unlike the single-subject character studies that Ellis has written, this book is a collection of six stories about the revolutionary generation. It starts out with the story of the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr (the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-23-2009; Ellis measures the quality of his work by the number of words; The relevance of the book to today's political environment is overwhelming. There are pages of text I've underlined with the plan to post those quotes on certain political blogs dealing with diverse topics.I took from this book two...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-06-2009; Pontificating Professor; I had just finished Walter Isaacson's biography of Ben Franklin, a book I greatly admired for its ability to illuminate Franklin and his times. I thought Ellis' book would be a good followup. But after two chapters, I quit reading. The...; read full review | report as inappropriate