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The last quarter of the eighteenth century remains the most politically creative era in American history as a dedicated and determined group of men undertook a bold experiment in political ideals. It was a time of triumphs, but also a time of tragedies – all of which contributed to the shaping of our burgeoning nation. American Creation is a revealing and highly ironic examination of the founding years of our country as it strips the mythic veneer of the revolutionary generation to reveal men both human and inspired, possessed of both brilliance and blindness.

Joseph J. Ellis is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Founding Brothers. He is also the author of American Sphinx, a biography of Thomas Jefferson, which won the National Book Award. Ellis is the Ford Foundation Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts with his wife.

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