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David McCullough has proven to be a great story teller of the Revolutionary period in America, and this book on John Adams is an exceptional story. McCullough is very readable and insightful in his approach to Adams. Of course, this book was the basis for the HBO mini-series on Adams, and is well worth seeing. Adams is one of the most curious of the founders. He was brilliant, cranky, devout, egotistical, absolutely essential to the independence movement in America and has been one of the least respected – yet most deserving - men in American history, as this book explains. My appreciation for Adams was magnified several times by reading this book. This book also tells the story of Abigail Adams and their incredible relationship. This is possibly the most famous marriage in our nation’s history and probably should be if its not. They were an amazing team and Abigail was John’s equal in many respects – including intellectually and in her passion for her nation and her religion.
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Few if any conservatives today understand that Alexander Hamilton was the great conservative hero of America for 140 years until the New Deal.
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“The battle between liberty and power continued in the new republic, as it has throughout history. Today, more than 200 years later, the United States is still trying to “improve and perpetuate” the government it inherited from the angry mobs, who started the American Revolution, and the Foundering Fathers, who created this great republic.”
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Honest glimpses into the reality of the founding era are always important to provide a better understanding of the people involved, and Ellis provides such a glimpse here.
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Much of Jefferson’s history has been written in admiration without a real glimpse at his real character… Recent authors, such as Ellis have been more realistic and direct…
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Washington was surely the greatest and most essential of the founding fathers, but which founder was closest and most dear to Washington through his biggest military and political battles and at the close of his life?
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The thoughts, concerns, and principles as stated by numerous Founding Fathers and freedom loving individuals who built a lasting foundation for future generations to practice and safeguard self-governance.
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