Joseph J. Ellis - Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

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Founding Brothers: Voices that speak to us across the ages

by mkp51, Nov 21, 2011

Pros: Excellent scholarship, lively and captivating prose, and brief.

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: Founding Brothers combines the sterling attributes of outstanding writing style, historical accuracy, impartiality and brevity.

Review: Very rarely do I find a small book about history or biography that combines the sterling attributes ...

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Founding Brothers || the first Americans...

by sleeper54, Nov 21, 2008

Pros: Smartly written; engaging and challenging; you will be a smarter citizen at the end.

Cons: No pictures. OK ...it is pretty much complete as is.

The Bottom Line: Engaging story of the men who envisioned a common future, and crafted the means to achieve it, from a mish-mash of personalities and discordant goals. An important story well told.

Review: ...It is customary to refer to the 'Founding Fathers' when speaking of the men who precipitated, org ...

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Insight into America's Shaky First Years

by kivafriends, Jan 6, 2008

Pros: Engaging, decent length, informative

Cons: None for me

The Bottom Line: Recommended as an important read in understanding American history.

Review: This particular book was quite short in comparison to the vast amount that could be articulated from ...

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Ellis' Founding Brothers: Read and Become a Master of Post-Revolution America

by jetbluefan1, Jan 15, 2007

Pros: intriguing information, in-depth characterization, different viewpoints of issues are explained

Cons: no written connection to modern society, some dull parts

The Bottom Line: I would recommend Founding Brothers because the information that one learns while reading the novel is priceless.

Review: As an American history buff, passing Founding Brothers in my local Barnes & Noble would surely yield ...

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Solid Work on the Founding Era with Some Flaws

by cbaker8887, Oct 18, 2004

Pros: Solid and unique analysis.

Cons: Uneven in parts.

The Bottom Line: Yes, even non-academics should find this book interesting.

Review: Written as a series of vignettes with an underlying theme, Founding Brothers offers insight into the ...

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Lively American history

by wizzle, Sep 13, 2004

Pros: Vastly entertaining

Cons: Wish it were a bit more in depth.

Review: While a fairly lightweight by history standards, this book is well worth the read. It is history the ...

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The Revolutionary Generation in 2 years & 8 days.

by yosi-, Aug 27, 2003

Pros: Summarizes the politics of our founding brothers with great ease of reading.

Cons: A founding father that you might have held as a hero may be tarnished.

The Bottom Line: Why cant history books for school be written like this book? It is the greatest hits album of the revolutionary war. Condensing biographies & correspondence to a narrative highlight.

Review: August 6th, 2001 A good friend of mine referred this book to me. By the end of 2001 I had purchase ...

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A 15 year-old's view on a history book

by i3aby, Jul 26, 2003

Pros: quite funny, tells about person lives

Cons: confusing at some points, often repeats information

The Bottom Line: Overall, this book was very well written and I believe that people from ages 14 and up will like it and even find it to be rather enjoyable.

Review: Last year, in 9th grade pre-IB American History, my teacher required his class to read this book. A ...

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Founding Brothers: Short Stories on the People & Ideas That Shape America

by Mr.Eyore, Sep 13, 2002

Pros: Tightly written lay account is perfect read for history novice

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: Yes.

Review: Joseph J. Ellis, author of the National Book Award Winning Jefferson biography American Sphinx</i ...

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Good edutainment

by thulemanden, Aug 8, 2002

Pros: Vivid. Varied. Well written.

Cons: Too short. No sequel. No illustrations.

The Bottom Line: Because the book is a pleasure to read and hold, as well as entertaining and educating, I recommend it for all history or biography buffs.

Review: I like this book for several reasons. It's history writing seen in a little different pe ...

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