enjy Friedman Survey of US History
12/22/05 Professor Kaplan
The Founding Brothers in Person
History can be taught in two ways. It can be told as a series of facts, often times giving the subject a stigma of being somewhat boring, or it can be shown rather than told, and discussed in a creative and exciting way using alternate methods. In his book The Founding Brothers, Joseph Ellis enlightens his readers about an age in American history dominated by men who struggled throughout their entire lives to help the infantile and delicate Union overcome its initial obstacles on the path to becoming the greatest of world powers. Ellis uses primary sources such as autobiographies, letters and newspaper articles to eloquently describe this nation's first decade of existence; a decade with possibly the greatest leaders and statesmen ever to guide this country throughout its history. George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, Alexander......
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