Founding Father

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Alexander Hamilton
de Ron Chernow
8,051 membres
161 critiques
½ 4.3
3 Members
eromsted, MikeBriggs, SarahFitzPatrick
2
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
de Joseph J. Ellis
6,788 membres
77 critiques
3.9
3 Members
timspalding, AnnaClaire, Bretzky1
3
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
de Benjamin Franklin
7,327 membres
111 critiques
3.8
2 Members
aulsmith, 2wonderY
4
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
de Joseph J. Ellis
2,804 membres
35 critiques
4
2 Members
Stitswerd, AnnaClaire
5
His Excellency: George Washington
de Joseph J. Ellis
3,818 membres
59 critiques
4
3 Members
eromsted, AnnaClaire, Bretzky1
6
The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution
de Alfred F. Young
345 membres
3 critiques
3.9
2 Members
eromsted, TimOstroot
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In Pursuit of Reason: The Life of Thomas Jefferson
de Noble E. Cunningham, Jr.
404 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
eromsted, TimOstroot
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John Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court
de R. Kent Newmyer
70 membres
4
2 Members
Bretzky1, TimOstroot
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Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800
de John Ferling
738 membres
14 critiques
4
2 Members
Stitswerd, AnnaClaire
10
James Wilson, Founding Father, 1742-1798
de Charles Page Smith
10 membres
2
2 Members
eromsted, TimOstroot
11
Washington: A Life
de Ron Chernow
3,085 membres
83 critiques
½ 4.4
2 Members
Bretzky1, SarahFitzPatrick
12
Essai sur la révolution
de Hannah Arendt
1,372 membres
11 critiques
3.9
2 Members
Bretzky1, TimOstroot
Explications
Bretzky1: Obviously not specifically about the Founders, but nonetheless contains many interesting insights into them, especially Jefferson and J. Adams.
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Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different
de Gordon S. Wood
1,048 membres
23 critiques
3.9
Member
MDGentleReader
15
George Washington: A Biography (7 volumes)
de Douglas Southall Freeman
68 membres
½ 4.7
Member
Bretzky1
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John Adams
de David McCullough
13,702 membres
199 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
Bretzky1
17
Thomas Jefferson : An Intimate History
de Fawn McKay Brodie
1,145 membres
10 critiques
3.8
Member
Stitswerd
18
The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon
de John Ferling
335 membres
27 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
AnnaClaire
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The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
de H. W. Brands
1,911 membres
11 critiques
4.1
Member
AnnaClaire
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Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson
de Gore Vidal
657 membres
15 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
Stitswerd
22
Thomas Jefferson
de Joyce Appleby
230 membres
5 critiques
3.1
Member
SarahFitzPatrick
24
Franklin of Philadelphia
de Esmond Wright
86 membres
1 critique
2.8
Member
eromsted
25
Alexander Hamilton: American
de Richard Brookhiser
608 membres
10 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
AnnaClaire
26
Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence
de Garry Wills
466 membres
6 critiques
4
Member
Stitswerd
27
The Sage of Monticello
de Dumas Malone
517 membres
2 critiques
4
Member
Stitswerd
28
Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams
de Joseph J. Ellis
477 membres
6 critiques
4.1
Member
AnnaClaire
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Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Nation
de Richard Norton Smith
305 membres
3 critiques
4
Member
TimOstroot
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Give Me Liberty: The Uncompromising Statesmanship of Patrick Henry
de David J. Vaughan
227 membres
1 critique
3.9
Member
TimOstroot
31
John Jay: Founding Father
de Walter Stahr
203 membres
1 critique
3.8
Member
eromsted
32
Jefferson and Madison: The Great Collaboration
de Adrienne Koch
133 membres
1 critique
½ 3.5
Member
Stitswerd
33
Realistic Visionary: A Portrait of George Washington
de Peter R. Henriques
67 membres
1 critique
4
Member
Bretzky1
34
Henry Knox: Visionary General of the American Revolution
de Mark Puls
141 membres
5 critiques
4.2
Member
TimOstroot
35
The Life of Washington
de Mason L. Weems
136 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
TimOstroot
36
Masquerade: The Life and Times of Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier
de Alfred F. Young
128 membres
1 critique
½ 3.7
Member
eromsted
37
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
de Jon Meacham
2,472 membres
75 critiques
4
Member
Bretzky1
38
Revolutionary Founders: Rebels, Radicals, and Reformers in the Making of the Nation
de Alfred F. Young
102 membres
1 critique
½ 3.5
Member
TimOstroot
40
George Washington, Nationalist
de Edward J. Larson
7 membres
½ 3.5
Member
Bretzky1
41
George Mason : Reluctant Statesman
de Robert A. Rutland
66 membres
3.9
Member
TimOstroot
42
Jefferson vs. Hamilton: Confrontations That Shaped a Nation
de Noble E. Cunningham, Jr.
66 membres
2
Member
TimOstroot
43
Quaker Constitutionalism and the Political Thought of John Dickinson
de Jane E. Calvert
29 membres
1 critique
Member
TimOstroot
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Ordeal of ambition; Jefferson, Hamilton, Burr
de Jonathan Daniels
23 membres
½ 3.5
Member
TimOstroot
45
Soldier-statesmen of the Constitution
de Robert K. Wright
24 membres
Member
TimOstroot
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Henry Knox, General Washington's general
de North Callahan
21 membres
Member
TimOstroot
47
Jefferson and Monroe: Constant Friendship and Respect
de Noble E. Cunningham Jr.
15 membres
5
Member
TimOstroot
48
Forgotten Founder: The Life and Times of Charles Pinckney
de Marty D. Matthews
17 membres
1 critique
4
Member
TimOstroot
49
George Wythe: Teacher of Liberty
de Alonzo Thomas Dill
12 membres
2
Member
TimOstroot
50
The Political and Legal Philosophy of James Wilson: 1742-1798
de Mark David Hall
9 membres
Member
TimOstroot
51
Oliver Ellsworth and the creation of the federal republic
de William R. Casto
8 membres
Member
TimOstroot
52
Elbridge Gerry, founding father and republican statesman
de George Athan Billias
10 membres
4
Member
TimOstroot
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Stormy Patriot: The Life of Samuel Chase
de James Haw
5 membres
Member
TimOstroot
54
Anthony Wayne, trouble shooter of the American Revolution
de Harry Emerson Wildes
6 membres
Member
TimOstroot
55
Connecticut's Yankee patriot, Roger Sherman
de John G Rommel
5 membres
Member
TimOstroot
56
George Mason and the War for Independence
de Robert Allen Rutland
5 membres
Member
TimOstroot
57
John Dickinson, conservative revolutionary
de Milton E. Flower
10 membres
3
Member
TimOstroot
58
Washington: The Indispensable Man
de James Thomas Flexner
1,063 membres
9 critiques
4.1
59
The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness
de Harlow Giles Unger
518 membres
12 critiques
½ 3.6
60
An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America
de Henry Wiencek
506 membres
7 critiques
3.8
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To Begin the World Anew: The Genius and Ambiguities of the American Founders
de Bernard Bailyn
502 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.5
62
Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America
de Jack Rakove
471 membres
5 critiques
3.8
63
Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of America
de Thomas Fleming
413 membres
3 critiques
3.9
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James Madison
de Richard Brookhiser
310 membres
7 critiques
½ 3.5
65
John Adams: A Life
de John Ferling
285 membres
2 critiques
4
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Gentleman Revolutionary
de Richard Brookhiser
241 membres
5 critiques
½ 3.7
67
Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution
de John Ferling
208 membres
2 critiques
½ 4.3
68
Burr, Hamilton, and Jefferson: A Study in Character
de Roger G. Kennedy
196 membres
2 critiques
4
69
George Washington on Leadership
de Richard Brookhiser
193 membres
6 critiques
4
70
General George Washington: A Military Life
de Edward G. Lengel
179 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.7
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James Madison and the Creation of the American Republic
de Jack Rakove
153 membres
3 critiques
3.1
72
George Washington: Man and Monument
de Marcus Cunliffe
148 membres
2 critiques
3.1
73
Robert Morris: Financier of the American Revolution
de Charles Rappleye
147 membres
1 critique
4
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The Founding Fathers Reconsidered
de R. B. Bernstein
133 membres
1 critique
½ 3.7
75
"Nous, peuple des Etats-Unis" Hamilton, Madison, Jay et la constitution
de Richard B. Morris
126 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.5
76
Alexander Hamilton: A Biography
de Forrest McDonald
124 membres
3 critiques
3.9
77
Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution
de Mark Puls
121 membres
4 critiques
3.9
78
George Washington's Mount Vernon : At Home in Revolutionary America
de Robert F. Dalzell
120 membres
½ 4.3
79
A Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
de Arnold A. Rogow
95 membres
1 critique
½ 4.3
80
George Mason: Forgotten Founder
de Jeff Broadwater
90 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.5
81
The Presidency of Thomas Jefferson
de Forrest McDonald
78 membres
½ 3.3
82
The Presidency of George Washington
de Forrest McDonald
77 membres
3.8
83
The First of Men: A Life of George Washington
de John E. Ferling
76 membres
4.1
84
Jackson's Way: Andrew Jackson and the People of the Western Waters
de John Buchanan
75 membres
2 critiques
3.8
85
Fame and the Founding Fathers
de Douglass Adair
61 membres
1 critique
4.1
86
Slavery and the Founders: Race and Liberty in the Age of Jefferson
de Paul Finkelman
61 membres
½ 3.7
87
The Presidency of James Monroe
de Noble E. Cunningham, Jr.
59 membres
1 critique
½ 3.5
89
Sam Adams: Pioneer in Propaganda
de John Chester Miller
39 membres
1 critique
½ 3.3
90
Samuel Adams: Radical Puritan (Library of American Biography Series)
de William M. Fowler
29 membres
1 critique
½ 3.5
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The Presidency of James Madison
de Robert Allen Rutland
26 membres
½ 4.7
92
Gallatin: America's Swiss Founding Father
de Nicholas Dungan
23 membres
1 critique
4
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Edmund Randolph;: A biography
de John J. Reardon
22 membres
1 critique
4
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Jefferson & Madison: Three Conversations from the Founding
de Lance Banning
22 membres
3
95
The Philosophy of Thomas Jefferson
de Adrienne Koch
19 membres
96
The Presidency of John Adams
de Ralph Adams Brown
18 membres
½ 4.7
97
Justice James Iredell
de Willis P. Whichard
8 membres
5
100
William Paterson: Lawyer and Statesman, 1745-1806
de John E. O'Connor
5 membres