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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 320 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The author of seven highly acclaimed books, Joseph J. Ellis has crafted a landmark biography that brings to life in all his complexity the most important and perhaps least understood figure in American history, George Washington. With his careful attention to detail and his lyrical prose, Ellis has set a new standard for biography.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 219 p., [6] p. of plates : col. ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Pulitzer-winning American historian Joseph Ellis tells an old story in a new way, with a freshness at once colorful and compelling. The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country's founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire, the British were dispatching the largest armada ever to cross the Atlantic to crush the rebellion in the cradle. The Continental...
Author
Publisher
Audio Editions
Pub. Date
p2007
Physical Desc
9 sound discs (ca. 74 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Presents an historical account of the twenty-eight years between the start of the War for Independence in 1775 and the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, focusing on significant people and events in the founding of the American nation.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
p2010
Physical Desc
9 sound discs (11 1/2 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Many first couples have come and gone, but John and Abigail Adams continue to be the quintessential American couple. Historian Ellis dissects hundreds of personal letters that were passed between John and Abigail throughout their relationship, from the earliest days of revolution to the time of Adams' presidency.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 283 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The award-winning author of Founding Brothers and The Quartet now gives us a deeply insightful examination of the relevance of the views of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams to some of the most divisive issues in America today. The story of history is a ceaseless conversation between past and present, and in American Dialogue Joseph J. Ellis focuses the conversation on the often-asked question "What would the Founding...
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