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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

Joseph J. Ellis

Was the American Revolution as inevitable as it now looks, or an improbable gamble made by very human men with rivalries of their own?

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Author
Joseph J. Ellis

Why read it

  • You will see that events only look inevitable in hindsight
  • You will meet the American founders as real people with grudges and rivalries, not statues
  • You will learn how a single duel or a quiet dinner among rivals can shape a nation's course

Who it is for

  • Readers who know the founders as statues and want them as people
  • Anyone who thinks history was bound to go as it did
  • Citizens following political fights who want a precedent

Contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. The Generation
  3. CHAPTER ONE
  4. The Duel
  5. CHAPTER TWO
  6. The Dinner
  7. CHAPTER THREE
  8. The Silence
  9. CHAPTER FOUR
  10. The Farewell
  11. CHAPTER FIVE
  12. The Collaborators
  13. CHAPTER SIX
  14. The Friendship

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