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Founding Fathers Books
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Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.22 — 196,261 ratings — published 2004
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.08 — 374,426 ratings — published 2001
Washington: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.16 — 80,686 ratings — published 2010
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 53 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.95 — 47,102 ratings — published 2000
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.05 — 148,203 ratings — published 2003
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.85 — 90,448 ratings — published 1791
His Excellency: George Washington (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.96 — 43,001 ratings — published 2004
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.94 — 28,906 ratings — published 1997
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 31 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.05 — 42,557 ratings — published 2012
1776 (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.10 — 244,677 ratings — published 2005
The Federalist Papers (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.10 — 41,672 ratings — published 1788
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.11 — 22,751 ratings — published 2000
American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.97 — 10,719 ratings — published 2007
The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.14 — 6,646 ratings — published 2015
Common Sense (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.00 — 38,770 ratings — published 1776
The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.94 — 10,816 ratings — published 2009
The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.13 — 8,528 ratings — published 2004
The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.74 — 7,332 ratings — published 2022
Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)
by (shelved 12 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.13 — 9,658 ratings — published 2016
American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.86 — 3,157 ratings — published 2006
Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,098 ratings — published 1993
First Family: Abigail and John Adams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.04 — 7,505 ratings — published 2010
Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.97 — 4,074 ratings — published 2006
Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.77 — 2,160 ratings — published 2007
My Dear Hamilton (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.30 — 52,087 ratings — published 2018
Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,809 ratings — published 2017
James Madison: A Biography (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.96 — 4,408 ratings — published 1971
James Madison: A Life Reconsidered (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,370 ratings — published 2014
Washington's Crossing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.16 — 15,193 ratings — published 2003
Jefferson and Hamilton: The Rivalry That Forged a Nation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,281 ratings — published 2013
The Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the United States (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.44 — 27,059 ratings — published 1776
America's First Daughter (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.23 — 66,995 ratings — published 2016
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War that Changed American History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.80 — 16,704 ratings — published 2015
The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,571 ratings — published 2007
James Madison (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.75 — 3,461 ratings — published 2011
Thomas Jefferson: Author of America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.94 — 3,856 ratings — published 2005
Burr (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.09 — 10,529 ratings — published 1973
John Jay: Founding Father (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.00 — 686 ratings — published 2005
The 5000 Year Leap (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.27 — 7,140 ratings — published 1981
Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.05 — 801 ratings — published 2010
Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 (Pivotal Moments in American History)
by (shelved 7 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,697 ratings — published 2004
Madison and Jefferson (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,094 ratings — published 2010
John, Paul, George & Ben (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,666 ratings — published 2006
Samuel Adams: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,223 ratings — published 2008
Washington: The Indispensable Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.11 — 6,102 ratings — published 1974
First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,786 ratings — published 2020
Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.98 — 918 ratings — published 2020
American Dialogue: The Founders and Us (Audio CD)
by (shelved 6 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,689 ratings — published 2018
The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.81 — 13,686 ratings — published 2019
Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.97 — 918 ratings — published 2008
“To be an American is to
recognize the sacrifice
of the widow and the orphan;
it is to understand the weft of tent
cities expecting caravans,
and the heft of a child in a camp
not meant for children, or sitting
before a judge awaiting judgement.
What do we say to the native
whose lands we now inhabit?
What do we say to our immigrant
fathers who held certain truths
to be self-evident?
Do we now still pledge to each
other our lives, our fortunes,
our sacred honor.
There are no kings in America.
Only gilded men we can topple
again and again.”
―
recognize the sacrifice
of the widow and the orphan;
it is to understand the weft of tent
cities expecting caravans,
and the heft of a child in a camp
not meant for children, or sitting
before a judge awaiting judgement.
What do we say to the native
whose lands we now inhabit?
What do we say to our immigrant
fathers who held certain truths
to be self-evident?
Do we now still pledge to each
other our lives, our fortunes,
our sacred honor.
There are no kings in America.
Only gilded men we can topple
again and again.”
―
“Little could he know that Madison would be fatigued and often on the verge of death for another 64 years.”
― James Madison and the Making of America
― James Madison and the Making of America
