Founding Brothers

Informs our understanding of American politics then and now and gives us a new perspective on the unpredictable forces that shape history.An illuminating study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington.During the 1790s, which Ellis calls the most decisive decade in our nation s history, the greatest statesmen of their generation and perhaps any came together to define the new republic and direct its course for the coming centuries Ellis focuses on six discrete moments that exemplify the most crucial issues facing the fragile new nation Burr and Hamilton s deadly duel, and what may have really happened Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison s secret dinner, during which the seat of the permanent capital was determined in exchange for passage of Hamilton s financial plan Franklin s petition to end the peculiar institution of slavery his last public act and Madison s efforts to quash it Washington s precedent setting Farewell Address, announcing his retirement from public office and offering his country some final advice Adams s difficult term as Washington s successor and his alleged scheme to pass the presidency on to his son and finally, Adams and Jefferson s renewed correspondence at the end of their lives, in which they compared their different views of the Revolution and its legacy.In a lively and engaging narrative, Ellis recounts the sometimes collaborative, sometimes archly antagonistic interactions between these men, and shows us the private characters behind the public personas Adams, the ever combative iconoclast, whose closest political collaborator was his wife, Abigail Burr, crafty, smooth, and one of the most despised public figures of his time Hamilton, whose audacious manner and deep economic savvy masked his humble origins Jefferson, renowned for his eloquence, but so reclusive and taciturn that he rarely spokethan a few sentences in public Madison, small, sickly, and paralyzingly shy, yet one of the most effective debaters of his generation and the stiffly formal Washington, the ultimate realist, larger than life, and America s only truly indispensable figure.Ellis argues that the checks and balances that permitted the infant American republic to endure were not primarily legal, constitutional, or institutional, but intensely personal, rooted in the dynamic interaction of leaders with quite different visions and values Revisiting the old fashioned idea that character matters, Founding Brothers informs our understanding of American politics then and now and gives us a new perspective on the unpredictable forces that shape history. 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Ellis [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr This book was the first book that ever made me cry because it was too hard to read pleasurably I felt like the author took stories we all already know about, and locked himself in a dark room with a thesaurus and babelfish and used the LOLZCATZ approach to writing, only in historese I frustra cried, it was that bad I felt double bad about this book because I had bought it for my dad earlier in the year as a birthday gift, and when it was on the required reading list of my American History cou This book was the first book that ever made me cry because it was too hard to read pleasurably I felt like the author took stories we all already know about, and locked himself in a dark room with a thesaurus and babelfish and used the LOLZCATZ approach to writing, only in historese I frustra cried, it was that bad I felt double bad about this book because I had bought it for my dad earlie...While reading the first part of this book, I wished Aaron Burr had shot me.You would figure that the history of America s Revolutionary Era would be milked dry by now and the stories of its players a stale drama This book represents the effort of a professional historian to forge new insights by looking collectively at the so called Founding Fathers, stretching a metaphor for their alliances and conflicts as being emblematic of the very checks and balances that they built into the Constitution in 1787 Through a set of six lively essays, he probes the diverse person You would figure that the history of America s Revolutionary Era would be milked dry by now and the stories of its players a stale drama This book represents the effort of a professional historian to forge new insights by looking collectively at the so called Founding Fathers, stretching a metaphor for their alliances and conflicts as being emblematic of the very checks and balances that they built into the Constitution in 1787 Through a set of six lively essays, he probes the diverse personalities and substantive interactions among these figures in relationship to the major issues that arose in the decade after the new government was formed essentially the 1790s His focus is on Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, and Hamilton, with supplemental attention given to Madison, Burr, and Franklin Because they all knew each other and worked together in collaboration and strife over such a long time, Ellis adopts the ...And so while Hamilton and his followers could claim that the compromise permitted the core features of his financial plan to win approval, which in turn meant the institutionalization of fiscal reforms with centralizing implications that would prove very difficult to dislodge, the permanent residence of the capital on the Potomac institutionalized political values designed to carry the nation in a fundamentally different direction This is a sentence found on page 80 of Joseph J Ellis s Foundi And so while Hamilton and his followers could claim that the compromise permitted the core features of his financial plan to win approval, which in turn meant the institutionalization of fiscal reforms with centralizing implications that would prove very difficult to dislodge, the permanent residence of the capital on the Potomac institutionalized political values designed to carry the nation in a fundamentally different direction This is a sentence found on page 80 of Joseph J Ellis s Founding Brothers The Revolutionary Generation.Personally, I don t understand this sentence at all when I read it once, so lets dissect this sentence, shall we First phrase And so while Hamilton and his followers could claim that the compromise permitte...What an exciting book Ellis conducts you right into the political chaos of the early republic, when the revolutionary fraternity was splintering in feuds, faction and duels which are preferable to purges, terrors, and nights of long knives The very idea of a legitimate opposition did not yet exist in the political culture of the 1790s, and the evolution of political parties was proceeding in an environment that continued to regard the word party as an epithet In effect, the leadership of th What an exciting book Ellis conducts you right into the political chaos of the early republic, when the revolutionary fraternity was splintering in feuds, faction and duels which are preferable to purges, terrors, and nights of long knives The very idea of a legitimate opposition did not yet exist in the political culture of the 1790s, and the evolution of political parties was proceeding in an environment that continued to regard the word party as an epithet In effect, the leadership of the revolutionary generation lacked a vocabulary adequate to describe the politics they were inventing Lacking a consensus on what the American Revoluti...Ellis gives us six insightful vignettes of leaders of the early American Republic The author reminds us that the founders did not know whether their creation would last They did know that it was historic, that it was fragile and that it was a bold experiment We have to judge them and their actions in that context, in light of what they knew not what has since come to be true The underlying theme is the dichotomy between the suspicion of central government and the need for a durable union for Ellis gives us six insightful vignettes of leaders of the early American Republic The author reminds us that the founders did not know whether their creation would last They did know that it was historic, that it was fragile and that it was a bold experiment We have to judge them and their actions in that context, in light of what they knew not what has since come to be true The underlying theme is the dichotomy between the suspicion of central government and the need for a durable union for survival and prosperity The Federalists led by northerners Hamilton and Adams were for a strong unified America that would take its place in the world the Republicans led by Virginians Jefferson and Madison represent...Ellis doesn t write bad history and this effort is no exception An effort that illuminates the real men that our founders were.I picked this up in high school, trying to impress myself with how learned I could be I really wasn t prepared for how much I enjoyed this book I didn t think I was going to readthan a bit of it Instead, I read it cover to cover and did it in less than two weeks Which for a book about revolutionary war history is pretty unusual for me This book deserves all the awards it got It s impressively researched, fascinating, shows sides to these men that I never would have learned about othe I picked this up in high school, trying to impress myself with how learned I could be I really wasn t prepared for how much I enjoyed this book I didn t think I was going to readthan a bit of it Instead, I read it cover to cover and did it in less than two weeks Which for a book about revolutionary war history is pretty unusual for me This bo...I think giving this book five stars actually does a disservice to the author It deserves 20 Joesph Ellis work, Founding Brothers The Revolutionary Generation, is a wonderful narrative that immerses the reader in the minds of the founders of the United States of America, and explores the consequences of their actions or inactions.Ellis divides the book into six chapters, each revolving around a pivotal point in time, or around specific persons People mentioned, specifically George Washin I think giving this book five stars actually does a disservice to the author It deserves 20 Joesph Ellis work, Founding Brothers The Revolutionary Generation, is a wonderful narrative that immerses the reader in the minds of the founders of the United States of America, and explores the consequences of their actions or inactions.Ellis divides the book into six chapters, each revolving around a pivotal point in time, or around specific persons People mentioned, specifically George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Abigail Adams, his wife.This book isthan...Founding Brothers, Joseph Ellis Pulitzer Prize for History from 2001, is an amazing read I remember learning about the American Revolutionary War in high school and finding it and most of American history pretty boring I preferred European history class much, and so until recently, I kind of avoided the subject in my reading Well, I have come around on that opinion In an effort to read about real presidents in my disarray about Drumpf and a sort of delayed reaction to Dubya before th Founding Brothers, Joseph Ellis Pulitzer Prize for History from 2001, is an amazing read I remember learning about the American Revolutionary War in high school and finding it and most of American history pretty boring I preferred European history class much, and so until recently, I kind of avoided the subject in my reading Well, I have come around on that opinion In an effort to read about real presidents in my disarray about Drumpf and a sort of delayed reaction to Dubya before that , I read Dallek s FDF biography and then Ellis His Excellency about George Washington and now plan to readpresidential biographies While not a biography per se, Founding Brothers is a fascinating look at several of the major players during the period immediately following George Washington s presidency so between about 1795 to about 1805 roughly built ar...Thoughts soon.Ellis is a great storyteller who has much to say about the men and a few women, notably Abagail Adams who formed our country He focuses on six specific events that, he believes, crystallize and best exemplify the magnitude of the founding fathers work and their dramatic legacy Among his topics the Burr Hamilton duel, Washington s farewell address, the infamous dinner at Jefferson s house, Benjamin Franklin s poignant, end of life attempt to end the slave trade, John Adams turbulent pres Ellis is a great storyteller who has much to say about the men and a few women, notably Abagail Adams who formed our country He focuses on six specific events that, he believes, crystallize and best exemplify the magnitude of the founding fathers work and their dramatic legacy Among his topics the Burr Hamilton duel, Washington s farewell address, the infamous dinner at Jefferson s house, Benjamin Franklin s poignant, end of life attempt to end the slave trade, John Adams turbulent presidency undermined at every turn by Madison and Jefferson , ...The men who created the United States have always amazed me They could easily have gone the way of the French Revolution, but they didn t Franklin, not Robespierre Hamilton, not Danton Perhaps this is why I have a tendency to collect books about these men, hoping I can always learnabout them The first founding declared American independence the second, American nationhood.The United States should have faltered in the 1790s, it s really amazing that it didn t No money, squabbling amon The men who created the United States have always amazed me They could easily have gone the way of the French Revolution, but they didn t Franklin, not Robespierre Hamilton, not Danton Perhaps this is why I have a tendency to collect books about these men, hoping I can always learnabout them The first founding declared American independence the second, American nationhood.The United States should have faltered in the 1790s, it s really amazing that it didn t No money, squabbling among states, egos galore Yet it survived because it had leaders Flawed leaders, sure, but each one offset the next something that seems to be missing today Adams was New England with a bias for the old country Jefferson was Virginia with a preference for France Franklin was the calm while Hamilton was the fire And Madison probably couldn t see over his desk Their works endure.My three star rat...

• English
• 07 November 2018
Joseph J. Ellis
• Paperback
• 290 pages
• 0375705244
• Joseph J. Ellis
• Founding Brothers