Joseph J. Ellis
Краткая биография автора
Joseph J. Ellis is a renowned historian and leading scholar of American history. He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation and the National Book Award–winning American Sphinx, a biography of Thomas Jefferson. Ellis is one of the most widely read scholars of the Revolutionary period and a sought-after speaker for his unparalleled expertise on the lives of our nation’s early presidents. He fascinates crowds with detailed-filled stories of these ...
Joseph J. Ellis is a renowned historian and leading scholar of American history. He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation and the National Book Award–winning American Sphinx, a biography of Thomas Jefferson. Ellis is one of the most widely read scholars of the Revolutionary period and a sought-after speaker for his unparalleled expertise on the lives of our nation’s early presidents. He fascinates crowds with detailed-filled stories of these leaders, demonstrating how their politics and characters shaped the United States. In examining the extensive contributions of each of these men, Ellis instills in his audiences a new appreciation for their presidential achievements. His in-depth chronicle of the life of President George Washington, His Excellency: George Washington, and a joint biography of John and Abigail Adams, First Family: Abigail and John Adams, were New York Times best sellers. His latest book, Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence, will be published by Knopf in June 2013. Ellis contributes regularly to national publications, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, and The New Yorker. He has appeared on CBS, CSPAN, CNN, and in several PBS documentaries on early America. Ellis currently teaches at the Commonwealth Honors College at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He lives with his wife in Amherst, Massachusetts.
На нашем книжном сайте Вы можете скачать книги автора Joseph Ellis в самых разных форматах (epub, fb2, pdf, txt и многие другие). А так же читать книги онлайн и бесплатно на любом устройстве – iPad, iPhone, планшете под управлением Android, на любой специализированной читалке. Электронная библиотека КнигоГид предлагает литературу Joseph Ellis в жанрах .
Творчество Joseph Ellis
На нашем сайте представлены 3 книги автора Joseph Ellis. Самая популярная по мнению наших читателей "".
Following his subject from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to his retirement in Monticello, Joseph Ellis unravels the contradictions of the Jeffersonian character. A marvel of scholarship, a delight to read, and an essential gloss on the Jeffersonian legacy.
A distinctive portrait of the crescendo moment in American history from the Pulitzer-winning American historian, Joseph Ellis. The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country’s founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire, the British were dispatching the largest armada ever to cross the Atlantic to...
In this landmark work of history, the National Book Award—winning author of American Sphinx explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed individuals–Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madison–confronted the overwhelming challenges before them to set the course for our nation. The United States was more a fragile hope than a reality in 1790. During the decade...
