Tag Archives: Joseph Ellis

The Books: “Founding Brothers” (Joseph Ellis)

Posted on April 18, 2006 by sheila

And here is my next excerpt of the day from my library. Next book in my American history section is the marvelous Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation, by Joseph Ellis. 7 guys: Hamilton, Aaron Burr, Jefferson, Adams, Washington, Madison, Franklin … Continue reading →

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Presidents: “the Jeffersonian utopia”

Posted on February 20, 2006 by sheila

From Joseph Ellis’ book on Thomas Jefferson: American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson: The vision he projected in the natural rights section of the Declaration, then, represented yet another formulation of the Jeffersonian imagination. The specific form of the … Continue reading →

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You know you’re in trouble when …

Posted on February 15, 2006 by sheila

… the Preface of a biography of George Washington makes you cry. All this just in time for Presidents Day. As those of you have stuck around my little corner of the Net for more than a year, you know … Continue reading →

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Today in history: Sept. 18, 1793

Posted on September 18, 2005 by sheila

Not only is today my sister Jean Grania’s birthday (yes, she was named for the female pirate Gráinne Ni Mhaille, our most illustrious ancestor) – but today is also the day that George Washington laid the cornerstone for the US … Continue reading →

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Declaration – “within the Jeffersonian utopia such choices do not need to be made”

Posted on July 4, 2005 by sheila

More from Joseph Ellis’ book on Thomas Jefferson: American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson. Again, here is the text of the Declaration to use for reference. The vision he projected in the natural rights section of the Declaration, then, … Continue reading →

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Declaration – “it does not explain Jefferson’s much-debated deletion of ‘property’ “

Posted on July 4, 2005 by sheila

More from Joseph Ellis’ book on Thomas Jefferson: American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson. Again, here is the text of the Declaration to use for reference. The most famous section of the Declaration, which has become the most quoted … Continue reading →

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Declaration – “An elegant, if decidedly one-sided, version of recent Anglo-American history”

Posted on July 4, 2005 by sheila

From Joseph Ellis’ book on Thomas Jefferson: American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson. Again, here is the text of the Declaration to use for reference. (You know. If you’re a big huge geek like me, then you love to … Continue reading →

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Declaration – “On July 4 the Congress approved its revised version”

Posted on July 4, 2005 by sheila

From Joseph Ellis’ book on Thomas Jefferson: American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in a matter of a few days — Adams later remembered it took him only “a day or two” — … Continue reading →

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Declaration – “Jefferson guards the American Creed at this inspirational level”

Posted on July 4, 2005 by sheila

Excerpt from Joseph Ellis’ marvelous Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation: Before editorial changes were made by the Continental Congress, Jefferson’s early draft made it even clearer that his intention was to express a spiritual vision: ‘ We hold these truths … Continue reading →

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Jefferson’s Inaugural

Posted on February 15, 2005 by sheila

I’m careening through Joseph Ellis’ American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson – (alongside my re-reading of East of Eden). Ellis’ book is not really a traditional biography. He breaks up the chapters into separate and distinct time-spans in Thomas … Continue reading →

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