Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (704 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01HFGPPLK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 263 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A pleasant reading" according to Leon Lam. This is one of the most well-known work on early American history. Ellis's argument of the gentlemanly American Revolution, which stresses consensus and compromise, is persuasive. His analysis of John Adams is more sympathetic than the mainstream view. This book is a good bridge to link general readership and academic scholarship. In an era of polarizing politics and increasing hostile interaction between different parts of the society, politicians and laymen alike should really look into the days of Washington and understand some of t. "You Will Understand Them Much Better" according to Donald. When I started this book, I expected a historical accounting similar to other books covering this period. But, Ellis’s book went much further. Author Ellis enables a glimpse into the key figures and their issues during the country’s first-generation administrations. This contentious period gave rise to political parties. Because communications during this period depended on journals and mailings, ample written records exist. I can’t imagine the amount of research it took to locate and examine these, but the results ar. "One of the best revolutionary-era books I've read" according to Zachary Goldman. It's easy for those of us living in the 21st century to take the revolutionary generation for granted. The Founding Fathers, the American War of Independence, and the establishment of an independent United States have become so familiar to our country's history that it's difficult to imagine a different course of events. In "Founding Brothers," Joseph Ellis takes us back to the late 18th century to remind us about the fragility of the new republic, and how incredible it was that history turned out the way it did.After grabbing our atte
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