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Founding Brothers

The Revolutionary Generation

by Joseph J. Ellis

Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis X
Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis
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  • First Published:
    Oct 2000, 288 pages

    Paperback:
    Feb 2002, 304 pages

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Nilufer Cokgoren (09/14/03)

This book is extremely hard to understand, it doesn't grab a persons attention much. It's very long and boring to read, it's not interesting at all
Cali (09/02/03)

This book is absolutely terrible. I started it in the beginning of the summer and have been avoiding the thought of it ever since. Just opening the book and looking at it depresses me, because I know reading it will only last a good 5 minutes until I get too confused and discouraged and inevitably give up for the day. As if that wasn't enough, there aren't even ANY clif notes out there! All I need is something to break the book down for me. Oh well...only a couple of days for me to read this book now, so I suppose I should attempt to once again. Wish me luck...because I have yet to finish Jane Eyre either.
hs student (09/01/03)

ellis' style of writing can be too analytical for younger hs students. i was often confused while reading each 40 page chapter because it is too easy to get caught up in the overload of background information, and over analyzing. i found that i had only read 10 pages within an hour of trying to concentrate. but other than the difficulty of trying to follow the initial story/situation after 30 pages of background information, it was not all that bad. then again-i still have 70 more pages to go.
Jack (09/01/03)

Its a hard to read book and its extreamly boreing. Each Chapters try to tie you in with a creative storey but then puts you to sleep with the next 30 pages of analyzation of analyzation of each event. I have put this book off all summer now i have less then 48 hours to read it and it probalbly won't get done.
North Shore High School (08/30/03)

only because they didnt give 0 as an option. ive been reading it for 3 weeks and im on page 100...and thats considered impressive.
bum (08/30/03)

it is awful, i was confused by page 40. i don't reccomend it at all.
Ben (08/28/03)

This book is hard to read and hard to understand!!!
sasha (08/25/03)

i say we all burn this book.

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