Books by Joseph J Ellis
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
by Joseph J Ellis
🏆 Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for History
“He’s very bold and brave because what he does in looking at the period just after the American Revolution is, instead of writing a massive 700-page book, he just gives you seven events which will tell you everything you need to know. So, in terms of narrative structure, it’s a great book.” Read more...
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Andrea Wulf, Historian
Interviews where books by Joseph J Ellis were recommended
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Native Nations: A Millennium in North America
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Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War
by Edda L. Fields-Black -
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No Right to An Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era
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Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
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Cuba: An American History
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Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America
by Nicole Eustace
Pulitzer Prize-Winning History Books
Pulitzer Prize-Winning History Books
Every year, the Pulitzer Prize jury awards $15,000 to a “distinguished and appropriately documented book on the history of the United States.” We’ve compiled a guide to the winning books since the turn of the millennium.
The best books on Horticulture, recommended by Andrea Wulf
The respected horticulturalist says if you plant an oak tree you know you’re never going to see it grow into maturity, but in planting it you are asserting your belief in the future and in future generations.
