Full name: American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic

Author: Joseph J. Ellis Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Politics Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780307263698 9780307276452 030726369X 0307276457

An ironic examination of the founding years of the United States of America. Historian Ellis guides readers thru the decisive issues of the nation's founding, and illuminates the emerging philosophies, shifting alliances, and personal and political foibles of now iconic leaders. He explains how the idea of a strong federal government, championed by Washington, was eventually embraced by the American people, the majority of whom had to be won over. He details the emergence of the two-party system--then a political novelty--which today stands as the founders' most enduring legacy. But Ellis is equally incisive about their failures, making clear how their inability to abolish slavery and to reach a just settlement with the Native Americans has played an equally important role in shaping our national character. Ellis strips the mythic veneer of the revolutionary generation to reveal men possessed of both brilliance and blindness. Similar books: American Dialogue by Joseph J. Ellis To Begin the World Anew by Bernard Bailyn The Birth of the Republic by Edmund S. Morgan A Leap in the Dark by John Ferling The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard Bailyn The Perils of Peace by Thomas Fleming The Idea of America by Gordon S. Wood Revolutionaries by Jack Rakove The Glorious Cause by Robert Middlekauff Miracle At Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker Bowen Liberty! by Thomas Fleming Revolutionary Summer by Joseph J. Ellis Patriots by A. J. Langguth Origins of the American Revolution by John C. Miller Independence by John Ferling Vindicating the Founders by Thomas G. West The Quartet by Joseph J. Ellis First Family by Joseph J. Ellis