Joseph J. Ellis







Joseph J. Ellis

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born
January 01, 1943

gender
male

place of birth
The United States

genre
History, Biographies & Memoirs


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Joseph J. Ellis, a professor of history at Mount Holyoke College, is a nationally recognized scholar of American history from colonial times through the early decades of the Republic. The author of seven books, he is recipient of the National Book Award in Nonfiction for American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson and the Pulitzer Prize for Founding Brothers. He lives in Massachusetts.




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Founding Brothers: The Revolut... Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
by Joseph J. Ellis
avg rating 3.89 — 2,514 ratings — published 2000
13 editions
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His Excellency: George Washing... His Excellency: George Washington
by Joseph J. Ellis
avg rating 3.85 — 1,402 ratings — published 2004
12 editions
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American Sphinx: The Character... American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
by Joseph J. Ellis
avg rating 3.79 — 711 ratings — published 1997
6 editions
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American Creation: Triumphs an... American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies in the Founding of the Republic
by Joseph J. Ellis
avg rating 3.87 — 394 ratings — published 2007
8 editions
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Passionate Sage: The Character... Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams
by Joseph J. Ellis
avg rating 4.08 — 74 ratings — published 1993
3 editions
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After the Revolution: Profiles... After the Revolution: Profiles of Early American Culture
by Joseph J. Ellis
avg rating 3.60 — 25 ratings — published 2002
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Patriots: Brotherhood of the A... Patriots: Brotherhood of the American Revolution
by Joseph J. Ellis
avg rating 4.56 — 9 ratings — published 2004
2 editions
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What Did the Declaration Decla... What Did the Declaration Declare?
by Joseph J. Ellis
avg rating 3.00 — 7 ratings — published 1999
3 editions
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We Don't Need Drugs to Be Ok,... We Don't Need Drugs to Be Ok, with Gillie the Knowbot and Sis and Chris
by Joseph J. Ellis
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1998
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One Clever Creature One Clever Creature
by Joseph J. Ellis
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2005
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"All well and good, but for our purposes these otherwise-valuable insights are mere subplots almost designed to carry us down side trails while blithely humming a tune about the rough equivalence of forests and trees."
Joseph J. Ellis (Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation)
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"James Jackson actually made menacing faces at the Quakers in the gallery, calling them outright lunatics, then launched into a tirade so emotional and incoherent that reporters in the audience had difficulty recording his words."
Joseph J. Ellis (Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation)
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"One of the petitioners, an infamous do-gooder of uncertain sanity named Warner Mifflin, had actually acknowledged that his antislavery vision came to him after he was struck by lightning in a thunderstorm."
Joseph J. Ellis (Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation)
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