Joseph J. Ellis

Born 18 July 1943

From Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes nonfiction

Joseph John Ellis is an American historian and professor whose work focuses on the lives and times of the founders of the United States of America. He has won the Pulitzer prize for History - Wikipedia

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Gordon S. WoodAlso writes about the American Revolution and founding era, with a broader focus on political and social ideas rather than individual character.
Ron ChernowWrites long biographies of founders, including Alexander Hamilton and George Washington, for general readers.
David McCulloughWrites narrative histories of John Adams and other early American figures in a popular style.
Bernard BailynA scholar of the political and intellectual origins of the American Revolution, with a more academic approach.
Edmund S. MorganWrites about the founders with attention to the tensions between freedom and slavery, and to the rhetoric of the period.
Richard BrookhiserWrites short biographies of the founders, such as Washington, Hamilton and Adams, for readers who want a quick introduction.

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