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Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Quartet is the story of a second American founding and the men responsible. It was these men who shaped the contours of American history by diagnosing the systemic dysfunctions created by the Articles of Confederation and finally drafting the Bill of Rights to assure state compliance with constitutional settlement.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.8 - AR Pts: 22
Physical Desc
xi, 288 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An analysis of the intertwined careers of the founders of the American republic documents the lives of John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 283 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"What would the founders think? We live in a divided America that is currently incapable of sustained argument and is feeling unsure of its destiny. Joseph J. Ellis, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Founding Brothers and the recent best-selling The Quartet, explores anew four of our most prominent founders, in each instance searching for patterns and principles that bring the lamp of experience to our contemporary dilemmas. Ellis discusses Thomas...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Physical Desc
xvi, 375 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A culminating work on the American Founding by one of its leading historians, The Cause rethinks the American Revolution as we have known it. George Washington claimed that anyone who attempted to provide an accurate account of the war for independence would be accused of writing fiction. At the time, no one called it the "American Revolution": former colonists still regarded themselves as Virginians or Pennsylvanians, not Americans, while John Adams...