Draws on the Washington papers from archives at the University of Virginia to chronicle George Washingtons military career and presidential years discussing his struggle to keep an emerging America united and other accomplishments
In this landmark work of history and winner of the Pulitzer Prize Joseph J Ellis explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed individualsHamilton Burr Jefferson Franklin Washington Adams and Madisonconfronted 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 Fathersre-examined here as Founding Brotherscombined 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 episodesHamilton and Burrs… Read more »
Draws on the Washington papers from archives at the University of Virginia to chronicle George Washingtons military career and presidential years discussing his struggle to keep an emerging America united and other accomplishments
In this landmark work of history and winner of the Pulitzer Prize Joseph J Ellis explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed individualsHamilton Burr Jefferson Franklin Washington Adams and Madisonconfronted 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 Fathersre-examined here as Founding Brotherscombined 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 episodesHamilton and Burrs… Read more »
Founding Brothers book has been Completed.