... as a three and a half hour long documentary. The noted historian has composed multiple other books pertaining to the Revolutionary generation. These works include First Family: Abigail and John Adams, Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams, American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic, His Excellency: George Washington, and American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson, winner of the 1997 National Book Award. At the College of William and Mary in 1965, Ellis acquired his ... B.A. Later on at Yale University, he earned a Master of Arts, ...

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... have done for our country. The author seemed to be pretty objective, being such a well-educated writer he wasn't taking sides as but he was more content of what these men did for our country. If there were any objections it would be for Thomas Jefferson, Ellis has written the book American Sphinx that is the Character of Thomas Jefferson. In that book as well as the one you could say he "talks ... up Jefferson" more. Other than that he tried to convey everyone as equal with equal contributions. In this book there were numerous references to what Ellis used to ... get all his statics fr...

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