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American Dialogue: The Founders and Us

Author: Joseph J. Ellis.

American Dialogue: The Founders and Us

Author: Joseph J. Ellis.

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Item #: D30785
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 2018
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 9780385353427
The story of history is a ceaseless conversation between past and present, and here the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Founding Brothers poses the often-asked question, "What would the Founding Fathers think?" Pondering how their now centuries-old ideas illuminate the disturbing impasse of today's political conflicts, Joseph Ellis considers Jefferson in th... More
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The story of history is a ceaseless conversation between past and present, and here the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Founding Brothers poses the often-asked question, "What would the Founding Fathers think?" Pondering how their now centuries-old ideas illuminate the disturbing impasse of today's political conflicts, Joseph Ellis considers Jefferson in the context of racism, Adams and the specter of economic inequality, Washington grappling with American imperialism, and Madison on the doctrine of original intent.

"Ellis knows that history is not simply about the past…. [This] is an exploration of our values that is both timely and timeless."—Walter Isaacson


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