{"id":49716,"date":"2018-11-20T08:30:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T14:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=49716"},"modified":"2018-11-19T21:52:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T03:52:02","slug":"joseph-ellis-signs-american-dialogue-at-off-square-books-friday-november-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/joseph-ellis-signs-american-dialogue-at-off-square-books-friday-november-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Ellis Signs “American Dialogue” at Off Square Books Friday November 23 at 5 pm"},"content":{"rendered":"

The award-winning author of\u00a0Founding Brothers<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0The Quartet\u00a0<\/i>now gives us a deeply insightful examination of the relevance of the views of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams to some of the most divisive issues in America today.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The story of history is a ceaseless conversation between past and present, and in\u00a0American Dialogue<\/i>\u00a0Joseph J. Ellis focuses the conversation on the often-asked question “What would the Founding Fathers think?” He examines four of our most seminal historical figures through the prism of particular topics, using the perspective of the present to shed light on their views and, in turn, to make clear how their now centuries-old ideas illuminate the disturbing impasse of today’s political conflicts. He discusses Jefferson and the issue of racism, Adams and the specter of economic inequality, Washington and American imperialism, Madison and the doctrine of original intent. Through these juxtapositions–and in his hallmark dramatic and compelling narrative voice–Ellis illuminates the obstacles and pitfalls paralyzing contemporary discussions of these fundamentally important issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

About the Author<\/strong><\/span>
\nJOSEPH J. ELLIS is the author of many works of American history including\u00a0Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation,<\/i>\u00a0which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and\u00a0American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson,<\/i>\u00a0which won the National Book Award. He recently retired from his position as the Ford Foundation Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College and lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with his wife and their youngest son.\u00a0\"The<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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