Joseph J Ellis: 23 books

Book cover of George Washington

George Washington

Eine Biographie

by Joseph J. Ellis
Language: German
Release Date: February 3, 2017

George Washington gehört zu den großen Gestalten der Weltgeschichte. Er führte als General die Revolutionsarmee zum Sieg und errang so die amerikanische Unabhängigkeit. Als erster amerikanischer Präsident steuerte er die junge Nation durch ihre unsicherste und schwierigste Phase. Joseph J. Ellis...
Book cover of Writing the Declaration of Independence
by Joseph J. Ellis
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015

A colorful, enlightening account of how Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, and the road to July 4: a selection from Joseph J. Ellis’s American Sphinx,winner of the National Book Award.* *    How did the newest and youngest member of Virginia’s delegation to the...
Book cover of First Family

First Family

Abigail and John Adams

by Joseph J. Ellis
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010

The Pulitzer Prize–winning, best-selling author of Founding Brothers and His Excellency brings America’s preeminent first couple to life in a moving and illuminating narrative that sweeps through the American Revolution and the republic’s tenuous early years. John and Abigail Adams left an indelible...
Book cover of American Creation
by Joseph J. Ellis
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2007

From the first shots fired at Lexington to the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase, Joseph J. Ellis guides us through the decisive issues of the nation’s founding, and illuminates the emerging philosophies, shifting alliances, and personal and...
Book cover of His Excellency

His Excellency

George Washington

by Joseph J. Ellis
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2004

National Bestseller To this landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the exacting scholarship, shrewd analysis, and lyric prose that have made him one of the premier historians of the Revolutionary era. Training his lens on a figure who sometimes seems as remote as...
Book cover of The Quartet

The Quartet

Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789

by Joseph J. Ellis
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015

From Pulitzer Prize–winning American historian Joseph J. Ellis, the unexpected story of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew. We all know the famous opening phrase of Lincoln’s...
Book cover of American Dialogue

American Dialogue

The Founders and Us

by Joseph J. Ellis
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018

The award-winning author of Founding Brothers and The Quartet now gives us a deeply insightful examination of the relevance of the views of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams to some of the most divisive issues in America today. The story of history is a ceaseless...
Book cover of American Sphinx
by Joseph J. Ellis
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 1998

Following Thomas Jefferson from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to his retirement in Monticello, Joseph J. Ellis unravels the contradictions of the Jeffersonian character. He gives us the slaveholding libertarian who was capable of decrying mescegenation while maintaing an intimate...
Book cover of Revolutionary Summer

Revolutionary Summer

The Birth of American Independence

by Joseph J. Ellis
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013

A distinctive portrait of the crescendo moment in American history from the Pulitzer-winning American historian, Joseph Ellis. The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country’s founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to...
Book cover of After the Revolution: Profiles of Early American Culture
by Joseph J. Ellis, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2002

Through portraits of four figures—Charles Willson Peale, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, William Dunlap, and Noah Webster—Joseph Ellis provides a unique perspective on the role of culture in post-Revolutionary America, both its high expectations and its frustrations. Each life is fascinating in its own right, and each is used to brightly illuminate the historical context.
Book cover of Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams
by Joseph J. Ellis, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011

**“Passionate Sage is [Ellis’s] best book.”—Judith Shulevitz, The New York Times Book Review ** A fresh look at this astute, likably quirky statesman, by the author of the Pulitzer Award-winning Founding Brothers and the National Book Award winning American Sphinx. "The most lovable...
Book cover of Founding Brothers

Founding Brothers

The Revolutionary Generation

by Joseph J. Ellis
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003

In this landmark work of history and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Joseph J. Ellisexplores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed individuals—Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madison—confronted the overwhelming challenges before them to set the course for our...
Book cover of The Interdisciplinary Science of Consumption
by Peter C. Whybrow, Sarah F. Brosnan, Darby Proctor
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014

Scholars from psychology, neuroscience, economics, animal behavior, and evolution describe the latest research on the causes and consequences of overconsumption. Our drive to consume—our desire for food, clothing, smart phones, and megahomes—evolved from our ancestors' drive to survive....
Book cover of The Roads to Congress 2014
by William Binning, Jerry McBeath, Walter Clark Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015

The 2014 midterm congressional elections provided a view of the attitude of American voters in the sixth year of Barack Obama’s presidency. This book provides insight about the formative aspects of the 2014 campaign season as well as in depth coverage of key races for Congress. The first section...
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