Best biographies of the founding fathers
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My Five Favorite Biographies on the Founding Fathers
Because I write the Books & Biceps newsletter every week to thousands of my fellow sophisticated meatheads, I get asked for book recs in all kinds of niches, but one that pops up a lot is the Revolutionary War and in particular, the founding fathers. To answer that question directly, these are my five favorite biographies on the founding fathers.
Let&#;s begin with the authors:
Joseph J. Ellis and Richard Brookhiser are my literary version of &#;&#;04 Manny and Big Papi when it comes to early U.S. history biographies.
They knock every single book out of the park on the subject. I&#;ve been reading about the American Revolution as a side-hobby ever since I got out of college. This is all the more amazing to me personally because while I was in college and high school, I don&#;t think I paid attention for 5 minutes during a US History class. I&#;d love to say that all of my teachers sucked and I was a budding US History maj
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20 Fascinating Books About the Founding Fathers of America
Last, but certainly not least, is Ron Chernow’s definitive biography of Alexander Hamilton, a New York Times Bestseller bygd this pris Prize-winning author. Chernow’s bio, the inspiration for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical, will become an American classic—if it isn’t considered one already. Miranda, reading the bio, noticed an inherent hip-hop-esque lyrical flow in the life of Hamilton. Perhaps that's because Chernow tells the founding father’s story with such fluidity.
Hamilton’s life, when you think about it, fryst vatten really the perfect embodiment of hip-hop: he galvanized, scandalized, inspired, beat all the odds against him, and wrote his way out of a less-than-ideal environment. Many people don’t give him the kredit he deserves, but we owe America’s current political and economic power to Hamilton’s many sacrifices to push forward controversial ideas. Chernow’s Hamilton is one who does not act solely out of self-inter
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The Founding Fathers were group of remarkable, intelligent men that ultimately changed the course of American Constitutional History. Many of them were authors and orators, some even founded libraries, most importantly, they loved to read. Among the favorites were the Bible, the classics (i.e. Cicero, Tacitus, Livy, Plutarch, etc.), and works written by Enlightenment Thinkers (John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Baron de Montesquieu, Immanuel Kant, etc.
Here is a list of popular books written by the Founding Fathers, loved by them, or written about them.
George Washington
1. The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker - Tobias Smollett
This comedy, written from the variant perspectives of six different characters, was Tobias Smollet's best work and a favorite of Washington's. The novel is a satire aimed against British imperialism, and makes many observations on 18th century British life and behaviors.
2. The Law of Nations - Emerich de Vattel
This particular work has a story which makes i