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Joseph Ellis is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Founding Brothers. His portrait of Thomas Jefferson, American Sphinx, won the National Book Award. He is the Ford Foundation Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with his wife, Ellen, and their youngest son, Alex.
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American Creation
Triumphs and Tragedies in the Founding of the Republic
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $14.95
Acclaimed historian Joseph J. Ellis brings his unparalleled talents to this riveting account of the early years of the Republic.
The last quarter of the eighteenth century remains the most politically creative era in American history, when a dedicated group of men undertook a bold experiment in political ideals. It was a... Read more >
Triumphs and Tragedies in the Founding of the Republic
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $14.95
Acclaimed historian Joseph J. Ellis brings his unparalleled talents to this riveting account of the early years of the Republic.
The last quarter of the eighteenth century remains the most politically creative era in American history, when a dedicated group of men undertook a bold experiment in political ideals. It was a... Read more >
American Creation
Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: October 30, 2007
Price: $26.95
From the prizewinning author of the best-selling Founding Brothers and American Sphinx, a masterly and highly ironic examination of the founding years of our country. The last quarter of the eighteenth century remains the most politically creative era in American history, when a dedicated and determined group of men undertook a... Read more >
Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: October 30, 2007
Price: $26.95
From the prizewinning author of the best-selling Founding Brothers and American Sphinx, a masterly and highly ironic examination of the founding years of our country. The last quarter of the eighteenth century remains the most politically creative era in American history, when a dedicated and determined group of men undertook a... Read more >
American Creation
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: eBook
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 30, 2007
Price: $14.95
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Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: eBook
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 30, 2007
Price: $14.95
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American Creation
Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Random House Large Print
On Sale: October 30, 2007
Price: $26.95
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Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Random House Large Print
On Sale: October 30, 2007
Price: $26.95
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American Creation
Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Read by John H. Mayer
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: October 30, 2007
Price: $34.95
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Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Read by John H. Mayer
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: October 30, 2007
Price: $34.95
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American Creation
Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Read by John H. Mayer
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: October 30, 2007
Price: $20.00
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Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Read by John H. Mayer
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: October 30, 2007
Price: $20.00
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American Sphinx
The Character of Thomas Jefferson
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 7, 1998
Price: $16.00
Winner of the National Book Award
For a man who insisted that life on the public stage was not what he had in mind, Thomas Jefferson certainly spent a great deal of time in the spotlight--and not only during his active political career. After 1809, his longed-for retirement was compromised by a... Read more >
The Character of Thomas Jefferson
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 7, 1998
Price: $16.00
Winner of the National Book Award
For a man who insisted that life on the public stage was not what he had in mind, Thomas Jefferson certainly spent a great deal of time in the spotlight--and not only during his active political career. After 1809, his longed-for retirement was compromised by a... Read more >
American Sphinx
The Character of Thomas Jefferson
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: February 4, 1997
Price: $29.95
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The Character of Thomas Jefferson
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: February 4, 1997
Price: $29.95
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American Sphinx
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: eBook, 464 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 19, 1998
Price: $16.00
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Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: eBook, 464 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 19, 1998
Price: $16.00
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Founding Brothers
The Revolutionary Generation
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 5, 2002
Price: $15.00
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History
In a landmark work of history, the National Book Award—winning author of American Sphinx explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed men–Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madison–set the course for our nation.
Joseph Ellis illuminates the profoundly deep bonds and the... Read more >
The Revolutionary Generation
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 5, 2002
Price: $15.00
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History
In a landmark work of history, the National Book Award—winning author of American Sphinx explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed men–Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madison–set the course for our nation.
Joseph Ellis illuminates the profoundly deep bonds and the... Read more >
Founding Brothers
The Revolutionary Generation
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: October 17, 2000
Price: $28.95
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History
An illuminating study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic—John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington.
During the 1790s, which Ellis calls the most decisive decade in our nation's history, the greatest statesmen of... Read more >
The Revolutionary Generation
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: October 17, 2000
Price: $28.95
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History
An illuminating study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic—John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington.
During the 1790s, which Ellis calls the most decisive decade in our nation's history, the greatest statesmen of... Read more >
Founding Brothers
The Revolutionary Generation
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: eBook
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: December 16, 2003
Price: $15.00
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The Revolutionary Generation
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: eBook
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: December 16, 2003
Price: $15.00
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His Excellency
George Washington
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 8, 2005
Price: $15.00
The author of seven highly acclaimed books, Joseph J. Ellis has crafted a landmark biography that brings to life in all his complexity the most important and perhaps least understood figure in American history, George Washington. With his careful attention to detail and his lyrical prose, Ellis has set a new... Read more >
George Washington
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 8, 2005
Price: $15.00
The author of seven highly acclaimed books, Joseph J. Ellis has crafted a landmark biography that brings to life in all his complexity the most important and perhaps least understood figure in American history, George Washington. With his careful attention to detail and his lyrical prose, Ellis has set a new... Read more >
His Excellency
George Washington
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: October 26, 2004
Price: $26.95
The author of seven highly acclaimed books, Joseph J. Ellis has crafted a landmark biography that brings to life in all his complexity the most important and perhaps least understood figure in American history, George Washington. With his careful attention to detail and his lyrical prose, Ellis has set a new... Read more >
George Washington
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: October 26, 2004
Price: $26.95
The author of seven highly acclaimed books, Joseph J. Ellis has crafted a landmark biography that brings to life in all his complexity the most important and perhaps least understood figure in American history, George Washington. With his careful attention to detail and his lyrical prose, Ellis has set a new... Read more >
His Excellency
George Washington
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: eBook, 352 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 26, 2004
Price: $15.00
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George Washington
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: eBook, 352 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 26, 2004
Price: $15.00
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