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American sphinx the character of thomas jefferson joseph j. Ellis tells the story of the period in american history from the end of the revolutionary war to the formation of our federal government which he. It focuses is on exactly the moment when the countrys founders led the effort to replace the. Now, in the month that america celebrates its 239th birthday, ellis is telling another important story from the revolutionary era. Ellis, the author of such works of popular history. Ellis, awardwinning author of the founding fathers and american. Ellis is one of the nations leading scholars of american history. In the quartet, pulitzer prizewinning historian joseph ellis tells the unexpected story of americas second great founding and of the men most responsiblealexander hamilton. Orchestrating the second american revolution, 17831789, about why americas newly independent states opted into a centralized.
Joseph ellis has a wellestablished reputation as master american storyteller, having authored bestselling epic tales from americas founding such as founding brothers and revolutionary summer and acclaimed biographies of revolutionary era leaders including thomas jefferson and george washington. Ellis, including founding brothers, the quartet and many more. In the quartet, pulitzer prizewinning historian joseph ellis tells the unexpected story of americas second great founding and of the men most responsiblealexander hamilton, george washington. In fact, ellis briefly revisits some of the history that he covered in revolutionary summer in order to set the historical context for the quartet. Orchestrating the second american revolution, 17831789 random house large print 9780804194655 by ellis, joseph j. The quartet is the story of this second american founding and of the men most responsiblegeorge washington, alexander hamilton, john jay, and james madison. Orchestrating the second american revolution, 17831789, by joseph j.
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