American Dialogue: The Founders and Us Audiobook (Free)

The award-winning author of Founding Brothers as well as the Quartet now gives us a deeply insightful examination of the relevance of the views of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams for some of the most divisive issues in America today.

The story of history is a ceaseless conversation between past and present, and in American Dialogue Joseph J. Ellis focuses the conversation within the often-asked query ‘What would the Founding Fathers believe? about American Dialogue: The Founders and Us ‘ He examines four of our most seminal traditional figures through the prism of particular topics, using the perspective of today’s to shed light on their sights and, subsequently, to make obvious how their right now centuries-old tips illuminate the disturbing impasse of today’s politics conflicts. He discusses Jefferson and the issue of racism, Adams and the specter of financial inequality, Washington and American imperialism, Madison and the doctrine of initial objective. Through these juxtapositions–and in his hallmark dramatic and convincing narrative voice–Ellis illuminates the hurdles and pitfalls paralyzing contemporary discussions of the fundamentally important issues.

Cover picture: Three Flags, 1958 by Jasper Johns. Encaustic on canvas (three panels) © Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, NY, NY; Print: Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, USA/Bridgeman Images