Search query: founding brothers by joseph j. ellis

Product: The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789
Description: From Pulitzer Prize–winning American historian Joseph J. Ellis, the unexpected story of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew.
We all know the famous opening phrase of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address: “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this Continent a new Nation.” The truth is different. In 1776, thirteen American colonies declared themselves independent states that only temporarily joined forces in order to defeat the British. Once victorious, they planned to go their separate ways. The triumph of the American Revolution was neither an ideological nor a political guarantee that the colonies would relinquish their independence and accept the creation of a federal government with power over their autonomy as states.
The Quartet is the story of this second American founding and of the men most responsible—George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison. These men, with the help of Robert Morris and Gouverneur Morris, shaped the contours of American history by diagnosing the systemic dysfunctions created by the Articles of Confederation, manipulating the political process to force the calling of the Constitutional Convention, conspiring to set the agenda in Philadelphia, orchestrating the debate in the state ratifying conventions, and, finally, drafting the Bill of Rights to assure state compliance with the constitutional settlement.
Ellis has given us a gripping and dramatic portrait of one of the most crucial and misconstrued periods in American history: the years between the end of the Revolution and the formation of the federal government. The Quartet unmasks a myth, and in its place presents an even more compelling truth—one that lies at the heart of understanding the creation of the United States of America.
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Product: Founding Brothers(Paperback) - 2002 Edition
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Product: American Creation
Description: From the first shots fired at Lexington to the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase, Joseph J. Ellis guides us through the decisive issues of the nation’s founding, and illuminates the emerging philosophies, shifting alliances, and personal and political foibles of our now iconic leaders–Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, and Adams. He casts an incisive eye on the founders’ achievements, arguing that the American Revolution was, paradoxically, an evolution–and that part of what made it so extraordinary was the gradual pace at which it occurred. He explains how the idea of a strong federal government was eventually embraced by the American people, and details the emergence of the two-party system, which stands as the founders’ most enduring legacy.
Ellis is equally incisive about their failures, and he makes clear how their inability to abolish slavery and to reach a just settlement with the Native Americans has played an equally important role in shaping our national character. With eloquence and insight, Ellis strips the mythic veneer of the revolutionary generation to reveal men both human and inspired, possessed of both brilliance and blindness. American Creation is an audiobook that delineates an era of flawed greatness, at a time when understanding our origins is more important than ever.
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Product: Founding Fathers: The Fight for Freedom and the Birth of American Liberty
Brand: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
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Product: Did America Have a Christian Founding?: Separating Modern Myth from Historical Truth
Brand: Thomas Nelson
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Product: The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
Brand: Flatiron Books
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Product: American Dialogue: The Founders and Us
Brand: Vintage
Color: White
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Product: Founding Fathers: The Essential Guide to the Men Who Made America
Brand: Wiley
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Product: Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams
Brand: W. W. Norton & Company
Color: Multicolor
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Product: Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants
Brand: Doubleday
Color: Multicolor
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Product: Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
Brand: Vintage
Color: Tan
Vintage Books USA
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Product: Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence
Brand: Vintage
Color: White
Vintage Books
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Product: The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 (The Revolution Trilogy, 1)
Brand: Holt Paperbacks
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