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American Dialogue: The Founding Fathers and Us

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The award-winning writer 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 one of the crucial most divisive issues in The usa 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 incessantly-asked question “What would the Founding Fathers think?” He examines four of our most seminal historical figures through the prism of particular topics, the usage of the standpoint of the current to shed light on their views and, in turn, to make clear how their now centuries-old ideas remove darkness from the disturbing impasse of today’s political conflicts. He discusses Jefferson and the issue of racism, Adams and the threat of economic inequality, Washington and American imperialism, Madison and the doctrine of original intent. Through these juxtapositions–and in his hallmark dramatic and compelling narrative voice–Ellis illuminates the obstacles and pitfalls paralyzing latest discussions of these fundamentally important issues.

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