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Founding Brothers Book Report

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The one of the famous historian author of the American history is Joseph J. Ellis. He was awarded with many awards. His book "Founding Brothers" with approximately 300 pages won in History the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 year. Ellis is excellent author with various history books that written by him about the Revolutionary generation. He has five good book to read, they are "His Excellency: George Washington", "American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic", "Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams", "First Family: Abigail and John Adams" and the last one is "American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson" the book with National Book Award that won in 1997. This good writer is also writes some articles …show more content…

This technique, of course, was openly borrowed from Lytton Strachey's classic study, ''Eminent Victorians, “in which the author said he rowed out over a ” great ocean of material” and lowered into it “a little bucket, which will bring up to the light of day some characteristic specimen.” In the case of "Founding Brothers" is lively and enlightening book. The book makes the reader feel with natural sense of an important period in American life and main characters. All Ellis' books popular because of their clearness and even readers who are unacquainted with the American Revolution, they should feel free by easy understanding the content of the book. The author opposes selecting one side over the other side; rather, he without any hesitation explains how the variety, personal relationships, and commonly direct character of the "Founding Brothers" build a strong foundation for the survival of the federal government. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Aaron Burr, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison are main figures who affected the America in the early period. They are Founding fathers that described in the book "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" where they argue about problems in the early period …show more content…

Quite a bit of "Establishing Brothers" depends on the Ellis' ideas into the characters of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. Ellis wrote books about these heroes, before he published the "Founding Brothers" book, in his beautiful works such as: “American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson”(1996) and “ Passionate Sage: The Character of John Adams”(1993).These two books won the National Book Award For Nonfiction. George Washington also was one of the Ellis' works. All readers, who read the biography, can believe that Ellis is expert in his field, and one who openly accept his deep respect for his works. I suggest to read this book for everyone who loves American History; even if you are not lover history. If you want to know about American Revolution and events of that period, you can find in the little, understandable and very interesting

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