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Absolutely obsessed with this book. Best history book I have ever read. The writing style & insight into revolution-era American politics are so inspired that they put this book onto my short list of all-time favorites.

The way Ellis explains nascent America is so... moving, especially given the current political crisis we are in. In a strange way it gives me hope, to know where America has been and the legacy of debate in our identity.

All well and good, but for our purposes these otherwise-valuable insights are mere subplots almost designed to carry us down side trails while blithely humming a tune about the rough equivalence of forests and trees.

Interesting but insanely overwritten. #sloggedmywaythrough #iteachhistory

#alwaysbereading #iteachmiddle When your students are having swimming lessons....

A little Monday morning reading at the podium. #supervisingDEAR #modelinggoodbehavior

If you want to read just one book about the founding of our nation, this would be a great choice. Ellis shows how men like Washington, Adams, Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, and Burr shaped the American Revolution and the Constitution.

Thanks for the tag @Moray_Reads
1. Bailed on Anna Karenina, but still intend to read it in future.
1b. Did not get past ch. 1 of Breaking Dawn and never looked back.
1c. Didn‘t finish King Lear when it was assigned in school, but watched the movie and I think I‘m good.
2. M&Ms, because they‘re tidy. No crumbs or sticky pages.
3. Tagged, not exactly a biography, but an extremely good account of the personalities who created America‘s gov‘t.

This book is super slow in the beginning, but picks up speed and ends with the fabulous story of John Adams and his relationship with Abigail and Jefferson. I didn‘t appreciate that the author only used endnotes, but it gives me an idea of what I want to read next. 3.5/5 stars. Read if you like learning about what came after the American revolution

# 18: An enjoyable series of vignettes that illustrates the dynamics between the founding fathers as contemporaries. Written in the format of a story, it's a page turner!
#17booksin2017

A really good read. It doesn't bog you down with gory details like some history books can do. I plan on reading more books by Mr. Ellis!

I ❤️ books! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

"If God was in the details, so the saying went, Madison was usually there to greet him upon arrival."

Sunday night mood

Upon learning that Washington intended to reject the mantle of emperor, no less an authority than George III allegedly observed, “If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.” True to his word, on December 22, 1783, Washington surrendered his commission... “Having now finished the work assigned me, I now retire from the great theater of action.” In so doing, he became the supreme example of the leader who could be trusted with power

#booktober
#awardwinning

Founding Brothers instilled in me a love for John Adams. There's also a chapter about the Hamilton-Burr duel for all you Hamiltonians. #hamilton

This is history at its readable best.

My favorite "read" in August was the first several episodes of the Washington Post's Presidential podcast, which was recommended to me by a history nerd coworker. This may also explain why I m behind with my reading goals. But the podcasts are really interesting! #septphotochallenge

"Lincoln once said that America was founded on a proposition that was written by Jefferson in 1776. We are really founded on an argument about what that proposition means."