Joseph J. Ellis Quote

Taking on Washington was the fastest way to commit political suicide in the revolutionary era.

Joseph J. Ellis

Taking on Washington was the fastest way to commit political suicide in the revolutionary era.

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About Joseph J. Ellis

Joseph John-Michael Ellis III (born July 18, 1943) is an American historian whose work focuses on the lives and times of the Founding Fathers of the United States. His book American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson won a National Book Award in 1997 and Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for History. Both books were bestsellers.