Joseph J. Ellis
American historian
Joseph J. Ellis is an American historian who writes about the Founding Fathers of the United States. His book Founding Brothers won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for History.
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American Born 1943 in Washington, D.C., United States
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About Joseph J. Ellis
Joseph John-Michael Ellis III was born on July 18, 1943, in Alexandria, Virginia. He is a historian whose books explore the era and the people behind the founding of the United States. In 1997 he received a National Book Award for American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation earned the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2001, and both books were bestsellers. He has also written The Passionate Sage, a study of John Adams.