Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
Author: Joseph J. Ellis
Informs our understanding of American politics–then and now–and gives us a new perspective on the unpredictable forces that shape history.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 Elli….Read More
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