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    The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783

    Joseph J. Ellis

    A culminating work on the American Founding by one of its leading historians, The Cause rethinks the American Revolution as we have known it.

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    Summary of The Quartet: by Joseph J. Ellis Includes Analysis

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    The Quartet by Joseph J. Ellis - Summary & Analysis Preview The Quartet is an historical account of the debates and events leading up to, during, and immediately following the…

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    American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies in the Founding of the Republic

    Joseph J Ellis

    From the first shots fired at Lexington to the negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase, Ellis guides readers through the decisive issues of the nation’s founding. The author strips the mythic…

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    The Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

    Joseph J. Ellis

    From the author of American Sphinx , the award-winning biography of Thomas Jefferson, comes an illuminating study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic–John Adams, Aaron…

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    First Family: Abigail and John Adams

    Joseph J. Ellis

    ‘First Family’ is an intimate and moving examination of an iconic marriage that illuminates the birth of America.

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    Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence

    Joseph J. Ellis

    From an award-winning American historian: a revelatory portrait of a crescendo moment in American history: The summer of 1776, the most dramatic few months in the story of our country’s…

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    Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

    Joseph J. Ellis

    From the author of American Sphinx , the award-winning biography of Thomas Jefferson, comes an illuminating study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic–John Adams, Aaron…

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    American Dialogue: The Founders and Us

    Joseph J. Ellis

    The author of the bestselling The Founding Brothers and The Quartet now gives a deeply insightful examination of the relevance of Jefferson’s, Madison’s, and Adams’s views to some of the…

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    The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789

    Joseph J. Ellis

    The prizewinning author of Founding Brothers and American Sphinx now gives us the unexpected story–brilliantly told–of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized…

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    American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson

    Joseph J. Ellis

    Offers a reassessment of the life, image, and career of Thomas Jefferson, examining his complex personality, controversies about the man and his beliefs, and his accomplishments.

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    His Excellency: George Washington

    Joseph J. Ellis

    The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Founding Brothers delivers a landmark biography that brings to life in all his complexity the most important and perhaps least understood figure in American…

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    After the Revolution: Profiles of Early American Culture

    Joseph J. Ellis

    Through portraits of four figures-Charles Willson Peale, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, William Dunlap, and Noah Webster-Joseph Ellis provides a unique perspective on the role of culture in post-Revolutionary America, both its…

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    Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams

    Joseph J. Ellis, Ph.D.

    Passionate Sage is [Ellis’s] best book. -Judith Shulevitz, The New York Times Book Review

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    Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams

    Joseph J. Ellis, Ph.D.

    Impassioned and erudite… A captivating portrait of this Massachusetts native as a wonderfully contrary genius possessed of an uncommon moral intelligence and farsighted political wisdom. -Michiko Kakutani, The New York…

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    The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783

    Joseph J. Ellis, Ph.D.

    New York Times Book Review – Editors’ Choice - Chicago Tribune – 60 Best Reads for Right Now - St. Louis Post-Dispatch – 50 Fall Books You Should Consider Reading…

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    American Dialogue: The Founders and Us

    University Joseph J Ellis (Mount Holyoke College)

    The award-winning author of Founding Brothers and The Quartet offers a deeply insightful examination of the relevance of the views of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams…

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    Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

    University Joseph J Ellis (Mount Holyoke College)

    In this landmark work of history, the National Book Award–winning author of American Sphinx explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed individuals-Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams…

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    The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89

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    In The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89, Edmund S. Morgan shows how the challenge of British taxation started Americans on a search for constitutional principles to protect their freedom, and…

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    My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams

    Abigail Adams,John Adams

    Spanning nearly forty years, the letters collected in this volume form the most significant correspondence-and reveal one of the most intriguing and inspiring partnerships-in American history.

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    Old Chelsea. a Summer-Day’s Stroll … Illustrated by J. Pennell.

    Benjamin Ellis Martin,Joseph Pennell

    Title: Old Chelsea. A summer-day’s stroll … Illustrated by J. Pennell.

    Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions

    The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is…

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    Joseph Reddeford Walker and the Arizona Adventure

    Daniel Ellis Conner

    Offers a superb chapter in the history of the West. Included are tales of the early Apache wars in New Mexico and Arizona; The Betrayal of Mangas Coloradas ; the…

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    What shall we eat? A manual for housekeepers.: Comprising a bill of fare for breakfast, dinner, and tea, for every day in the year. With an appendix, containing recipes for pickles and sauces

    James B Herndon,Joseph Dommers Vehling,J W Ellis

    What shall we eat? A manual for housekeepers. - Comprising a bill of fare for breakfast, dinner, and tea, for every day in the year. With an appendix, containing recipes…

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    Handbook of Research on Catholic Education

    American education scholars, many from the University of Dayton, survey research on Catholic education in such areas as philosophy, law, curriculum, and Church documents. Their purpose is to acknowledging the…

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    Handbook of Research on Catholic Education

    Solidifies the knowledge base in Catholic education and defines parameters for future research.

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    Catholic Schools in the United States [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia

    This encyclopedia relates and analyzes the educational mission of Catholic schools, both secular and religious. Originally established in the 17th century in Florida and Louisiana, Catholic schools grew to become…

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    U.S. Conventional Oil And Gas Production: Prospects To The Year 2000

    Joseph Riva,John J. Schanz,John G. Ellis,Melvin A. Conant

    The authors of this book assess the prospects for production of oil and gas from U.S. domestic reserves and resources to the year 2000, using different scenarios with varying assumptions…

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    U.S. Conventional Oil And Gas Production: Prospects To The Year 2000

    Joseph Riva,John J. Schanz,John G. Ellis,Melvin A. Conant

    The authors of this book assess the prospects for production of oil and gas from U.S. domestic reserves and resources to the year 2000, using different scenarios with varying assumptions…

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    Theologies on the Move: Religion, Migration, and Pilgrimage in the World of Neoliberal Capital

    Theologies on the Move examines how the experiences of migration and pilgrimage that are created as a result of the pressures of neoliberal capitalism shape theological and religious traditions. Based…

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    Theologies on the Move: Religion, Migration, and Pilgrimage in the World of Neoliberal Capital

    Theologies on the Move examines how the experiences of migration and pilgrimage that are created as a result of the pressures of neoliberal capitalism shape theological and religious traditions. Based…

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