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Founding brothers : the revolutionary generation / by Joseph J. Ellis.

Ellis, Joseph J., (author.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0375405445
  • ISBN: 0375705244
  • ISBN: 9780375405440
  • ISBN: 9780375705243
  • Physical Description: xi, 288 pages ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-278) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface: The generation -- The duel -- The dinner -- The silence -- The farewell -- The collaborators -- The friendship.
Target Audience Note:
1410L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 12.8 22 49821.
Awards Note:
Pulitzer Prize, History, 2001.
Subject: Picturing America 2009.
Presidents > United States > Biography > Anecdotes.
Statesmen > United States > Biography.
Statesmen > United States > Biography > Anecdotes.
We the People Bookshelf on Picturing America 2009.
United States > History > 1783-1815 > Anecdotes.
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1809 > Anecdotes.
Genre: Anecdotes.
Biographies.

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Summary: 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.