Founding Brothers
The Revolutionary Generation (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
What's it about
Ever wonder how the United States survived its chaotic birth? Discover the untold story of the Founding Fathers—not as marble statues, but as flawed, passionate rivals who somehow managed to forge a nation through intense debates, secret dinner deals, and even a deadly duel. You'll go behind the scenes of American history to see how personal relationships and bitter conflicts between figures like Hamilton, Jefferson, Adams, and Burr shaped the country's future. Uncover the fragile compromises and explosive confrontations that defined a revolutionary generation and secured a legacy.
Meet the author
Joseph J. Ellis is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and one of America's foremost scholars of the Revolutionary Era, renowned for his intimate portraits of the Founding Fathers. A former professor at Mount Holyoke College, Ellis has dedicated his career to exploring the personal relationships and political rivalries that shaped the early American republic. His work moves beyond myth to reveal the complex, often contradictory, human beings who forged a new nation through collaboration and conflict.
What's it about
Ever wonder how the United States survived its chaotic birth? Discover the untold story of the Founding Fathers—not as marble statues, but as flawed, passionate rivals who somehow managed to forge a nation through intense debates, secret dinner deals, and even a deadly duel. You'll go behind the scenes of American history to see how personal relationships and bitter conflicts between figures like Hamilton, Jefferson, Adams, and Burr shaped the country's future. Uncover the fragile compromises and explosive confrontations that defined a revolutionary generation and secured a legacy.
Meet the author
Joseph J. Ellis is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and one of America's foremost scholars of the Revolutionary Era, renowned for his intimate portraits of the Founding Fathers. A former professor at Mount Holyoke College, Ellis has dedicated his career to exploring the personal relationships and political rivalries that shaped the early American republic. His work moves beyond myth to reveal the complex, often contradictory, human beings who forged a new nation through collaboration and conflict.
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