Joseph Ellis (2014)

Author of eight Revolution-era books, Joseph J. Ellis presents during the 2014 Brattleboro Literary Festival, bringing his shrewd analysis and scholarship to this must see video.

Ellis was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Founding Brothers: the Revolutionary Generation and won the 1997 National Book Award for American Sphinx, a biography of Thomas Jefferson. His chronicle of the life of our first president, His Excellency: George Washington, was a New York Times bestseller. Ellis’ newest book, Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence was released in 2013.