American Dialogue: The Founders and Us

by Joseph J. Ellis

Book Overview

The award-winning author of Founding Brothers and The Quartet now gives us a deeply insightful examination of the relevance of the views of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams to some of the most divisive issues in America today.

The story of history is a ceaseless conversation between past and present, and in American Dialogue Joseph J. Ellis focuses the conversation on the often-asked...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385353421
• ISBN13: 9780385353427
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Every American would benefit from reading this.

If you're interested in learning about early American history but would like it to be put into a bit more of a modern perspective, this is the book for you. It's a discussion of the founders as your high school history class never did - it places their policies, stories, and decision making styles in comparison to what is happening in America today. It reminds us how similar we are to our eighteenth century selves and helps you better understand who the founding fathers were as people. This book is brilliantly researched, well written and written in a way that those afraid of dry, boring history textbooks will still love it.