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Civil War Books: Special Interest

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

Joseph J. Ellis

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.

This winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for History contains an interesting discussion of how the founding brothers avoided the issue of slavery in establishing the government of the United States of America.

American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies in the Founding of the Republic (paperback)

Joseph J. Ellis

Vintage, 2008.

Additional discussion of how the politicians avoided the issue of slavery in establishing the government of the United States of America.

American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies in the Founding of the Republic

Joseph J. Ellis

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.

Additional discussion of how the politicians avoided the issue of slavery in establishing the government of the United States of America.



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