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Joseph J. Ellis

Born

in Alexandria, Virginia, The United States

July 18, 1943

Website

https://www.josephellishistorian.com/Home.html

Genre

History, Biographies & Memoirs

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Joseph John-Michael Ellis III is an American historian whose work focuses on the lives and times of the Founding Fathers of the United States. His book American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson won a National Book Award in 1997 and Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for History. Both of these books were bestsellers.

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Average rating: 3.97 · 155,154 ratings · 7,634 reviews · 36 distinct works • Similar authors

	Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 3.95 avg rating — 46,291 ratings — published 2000 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	His Excellency: George Washington 3.95 avg rating — 42,135 ratings — published 2004 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson 3.94 avg rating — 28,549 ratings — published 1997 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic 3.96 avg rating — 10,611 ratings — published 2007 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Family: Abigail and John Adams 4.04 avg rating — 7,373 ratings — published 2010 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789 4.14 avg rating — 6,420 ratings — published 2015 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence 3.93 avg rating — 4,187 ratings — published 2013 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams 4.07 avg rating — 3,070 ratings — published 1993 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783 4.35 avg rating — 1,932 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Dialogue: The Founders and Us by Joseph J. Ellis, Arthur Morey (Narrator) 4.23 avg rating — 1,617 ratings — published 2018 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Because he could not afford to fail, he could not afford to trust.”
― Joseph Ellis, His Excellency: George Washington

tags: pride, relationships, trust, vulnerability

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“Lincoln once said that America was founded on a proposition that was written by Jefferson in 1776. We are really founded on an argument about what that proposition means.”
― Joseph J. Ellis, Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

tags: america, american-history, american-revolution, history, jefferson, lincoln, nationalism

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“[quoting someone else] the American constitution is a document designed by geniuses to be eventually interpreted by idiots”
― Joseph J. Ellis, Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

tags: constitution, interpretation

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The History Book ...: INTRODUCTION	19	87	Jan 21, 2010 05:11AM
The History Book ...: AMERICAN SPHINX - TOC AND SYLLABUS	28	105	Feb 07, 2010 11:09PM
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