Joseph J. Ellis
Author
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Founding Brothers tells the unexpected story of America’s second great founding and of the men most responsible—Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, John Jay, and James Madison.
Ellis explains of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew. These...
Ellis explains of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew. These...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.7 - AR Pts: 23
Physical Desc
xiv, 320 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Draws on the Washington papers from archives at the University of Virginia to chronicle George Washington's military career and presidential years, discussing his struggle to keep an emerging America united and other accomplishments.