“He is the Roger Federer of historians.”
Daniel Okrent, Forbes
Reviews
THE CAUSE: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND ITS DISCONTENTS
"Two of America's Leading Historians Look at the Nation's Founding Once Again - to Understand it in all its Complexity." Richard Stengel - New York Times
"The Cause' Review: Revolutionary Answers." Kathleen DuVal - Wall Street Journal
"Book Review: American Revolution gets a Fresh Look in The Cause." Michael L. Ramsey - The Roanoke Times
"The Cause, by Joseph J. Ellis." Joe Donahue - WAMC Roundtable Podcast
"The Cause,' by Joseph J. Ellis." Roger Bishop - Bookpage.com
"The Cause - Joseph Ellis Superbly Captures the Issues." Good Reads
"The True Character of the American Revolution: It's Complicated." Andres Burstein - Washington Post
AMERICAN DIALOGUE - THE FOUNDERS AND US
"Joe Ellis knows that history is not simply about the past, it's about the present having a conversation with the past. In this elegant and fascinating book, he conducts a discourse between our current troubled times and the period when our founders crafted our national creed. The result is an exploration of our values that is both timely and timeless." Walter Isaacson - Author of Leonardo Da Vinci
THE QUARTET: ORCHESTRATING THE SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1783 - 1789
"Few can tell a historical tale as well as Ellis, as many readers will be aware from his eight previous studies of the Revolutionary War era (Revolutionary Summer, etc.). Ellis' approach employees deft characterizations and insights into these politicians and philosophers, who bested their opponents by "imposing their more expansive definition of the American Revolution" on the American people. With his usual skill, Ellis brings alive what otherwise might seem dry constitutional debates, with apt questions and bright style." Publishers Weekly, February 2015
"A brilliant account of six years during with four Founding Fathers, "In disregard of public opinion, carried the American story in a new direction." Ellis delivers a convincing argument that it was a massive political transformation led by men with impeccable revolutionary credentials. This is Ellis' ninth consecutive history of the Revolutionary War era and yet another winner." Kirkus Reviews, December 2014
FIRST FAMILY: ABIGAIL AND JOHN ADAMS
"The best concise biography we have of John Adams - one that also gives Abigail her rightful place in the story and that is written with Ellis's usual clarity and verve." Publishers Weekly, February 2015
"A brilliant account of six years during with four Founding Fathers, "In disregard of public opinion, carried the American story in a new direction." Ellis delivers a convincing argument that it was a massive political transformation led by men with impeccable revolutionary credentials. This is Ellis' ninth consecutive hisotry of the Revolutionary War era and yet another winner." Gordon Wood - The New York Review of Books
"John Adams could not have a better biographer. "First Family" is an elegant addition . . . "
Annette Gordon-Reed - Los Angeles Times
Joseph J. Ellis
COMING SOON Realities and Regrets: The Tragic Side of the Founding from Knopf
