#34 - Joseph Ellis on 'Founding Brothers'

<p>Joseph Ellis is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of <em>Founding Brothers</em>, about the collaboration of America&#39;s greatest political generation, which is the focus of this conversation.</p><p>In his latest book <em>The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding</em>, Ellis confronts what he calls the central paradox of the American founding: the same generation that articulated the most powerful case for human equality and natural rights in modern history also built a republic that abided the scourge of slavery.</p><p>Ellis is also the author of <em>American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson</em> (National Book Award), <em>Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams</em>, <em>His Excellency: George Washington</em>, <em>After the Revolution</em>, <em>American Creation, First Family: Abigail and John Adams</em>, <em>Revolutionary Summer</em>, <em>The Quartet</em>, <em>American Dialogue</em>, <em>What Would the Founders Do?</em>, and <em>The Cause: The American Revolution and Its Discontents, 1773–1783</em>.</p><p>Follow him at <a href="https://www.josephellishistorian.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">josephellishistorian.com</a></p>