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Joseph J. Ellis - Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation Books

Joseph J. Ellis - Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

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Founding Brothers: "Voices that speak to us across the ages "

by  mkp51 ,  Nov 28, 2001
105 out of 106 people found this review helpful.
Pros: Beautifully written in a lively, entertaining style; fair, impartial and judicious.
Cons: None
The Bottom Line: A book sure to appeal to all readers with a desire to learn more about the men and women who founded our great nation.
This reviewer recommends this product.
Review: Whenever I walk into a bookstore, I always head first to the history and biography sections in the hopes of discovering something new and intriguing... and the larger the better! I have predilection for "fat" books; consequently, I whenever I leave...
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Founding Brothers: Short Stories on the People & Ideas That Shape America

by  Mr.Eyore ,  Sep 13, 2002
59 out of 59 people found this review helpful.
Pros: Tightly written lay account is perfect read for history novice
Cons: None
The Bottom Line: Yes.
This reviewer recommends this product.
Review: Joseph J. Ellis, author of the National Book Award Winning Jefferson biography American Sphinx has hit another home run with Founding Brothers, a history of America in the 1790's, which picked up the Pulitzer Prize in 2001.

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Author's Rating: 5/5 stars  
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Founding Brothers || the first Americans...

by  sleeper54 ,  Nov 20, 2008
54 out of 54 people found this review helpful.
Pros: Smartly written; engaging and challenging; you will be a smarter citizen at the end.
Cons: No pictures. OK ...it is pretty much complete as is.
The Bottom Line: Engaging story of the men who envisioned a common future, and crafted the means to achieve it, from a mish-mash of personalities and discordant goals. An important story well told.
This reviewer recommends this product.
Review: ...
It is customary to refer to the 'Founding Fathers' when speaking of the men who precipitated, organized and led the breakaway of the American Colonies from Mother England. It seems this period of 'nation building' almost requires the image of...
Author's Rating: 5/5 stars  
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The American Revolution: A Group Portrait

by  shadowbox ,  Jul 20, 2001
53 out of 53 people found this review helpful.
Pros: Page-turning narrative, eloquent prose, rigorous scholarship: That's hard to beat!
Cons: It's only 248 pages; not all the figures fit into Ellis's historical scheme
The Bottom Line: Joseph Ellis's books are good reads and good history. He writes history that can be appreciated by generalists and scholars alike. Founding Brothers is no exception.
This reviewer recommends this product.
Review: Joseph Ellis has recently been in the news for all the wrong reasons. A prestigious historian and professor at Mount Holyoke College, he won the National Book Award for his 1996 biography of Thomas Jefferson, American Sphinx, and the...
Author's Rating: 5/5 stars  
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Ellis' Founding Brothers: Read and Become a Master of Post-Revolution America

by  jetbluefan1 ,  Jan 15, 2007
32 out of 32 people found this review helpful.
Pros: intriguing information, in-depth characterization, different viewpoints of issues are explained
Cons: no written connection to modern society, some dull parts
The Bottom Line: I would recommend Founding Brothers because the information that one learns while reading the novel is priceless.
This reviewer recommends this product.
Review: As an American history buff, passing Founding Brothers in my local Barnes & Noble would surely yield my purchase of the book. The history of the United States is fascinating; for a country under 250 years old, it s amazing to think that only...
Author's Rating: 4/5 stars  
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The Revolutionary Generation in 2 years & 8 days.

by  yosi- ,  Aug 27, 2003
22 out of 22 people found this review helpful.
Pros: Summarizes the politics of our founding brothers with great ease of reading.
Cons: A founding father that you might have held as a hero may be tarnished.
The Bottom Line: Why can?t history books for school be written like this book? It is the greatest hits album of the revolutionary war. Condensing biographies & correspondence to a narrative highlight.
This reviewer recommends this product.
Review: August 6th, 2001 A good friend of mine referred this book to me. By the end of 2001 I had purchased a copy on-line at a fairly reasonable price. During the spring of 2002 I started reading chapter one and was half way through the chapter when I put...
Author's Rating: 5/5 stars  
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Insight into America's Shaky First Years

by  kivafriends ,  Jan 6, 2008
21 out of 21 people found this review helpful.
Pros: Engaging, decent length, informative
Cons: None for me
The Bottom Line: Recommended as an important read in understanding American history.
This reviewer recommends this product.
Review: This particular book was quite short in comparison to the vast amount that could be articulated from this period of time in Americas infancy by someone as familiarized with it as Ellis. However packed into this book, quite nicely and precisely, are...
Author's Rating: 5/5 stars  
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A 15 year-old's view on a history book

by  i3aby ,  Jul 26, 2003
17 out of 17 people found this review helpful.
Pros: quite funny, tells about person lives
Cons: confusing at some points, often repeats information
The Bottom Line: Overall, this book was very well written and I believe that people from ages 14 and up will like it and even find it to be rather enjoyable.
This reviewer recommends this product.
Review: Last year, in 9th grade pre-IB American History, my teacher required his class to read this book. At first, we were all upset because we had just switched from pre-IB English with Romeo & Juliet, Odyssey, October Sky, and Hamlet. But, we soon found...
Author's Rating: 4/5 stars  
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Solid Work on the Founding Era with Some Flaws

by  cbaker8887 ,  Oct 18, 2004
16 out of 16 people found this review helpful.
Pros: Solid and unique analysis.
Cons: Uneven in parts.
The Bottom Line: Yes, even non-academics should find this book interesting.
This reviewer recommends this product.
Review: Written as a series of vignettes with an underlying theme, Founding Brothers offers insight into the tenuous nature of the new nation springing from the American Revolution. While there is no real groundbreaking research here, what this work does...
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Good edutainment

by  thulemanden ,  Aug 8, 2002
14 out of 14 people found this review helpful.
Pros: Vivid. Varied. Well written.
Cons: Too short. No sequel. No illustrations.
The Bottom Line: Because the book is a pleasure to read and hold, as well as entertaining and educating, I recommend it for all history or biography buffs.
This reviewer recommends this product.
Review: I like this book for several reasons.

It's history writing seen in a little different perspective, as the author puts a lot of emphasize on the individual characters and thus avoids a verbose lengthy style.

The chapters subjects...
Author's Rating: 4/5 stars  
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