American Creation
by Joseph J. Ellis
Triumphs and tragedies of the founding: Valley Forge, the Constitution's argument, the Treaty of New York with the Creeks, the Louisiana Purchase, and the failures on slavery and Native Americans. Ellis at his most balanced.
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you want the founding's achievements and failures weighed together.
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you want celebration only.
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Three things you will actually use
- Improvisation was the founding method.
- Triumph and tragedy share the same hands.
- Judge by what was possible, then by what was right.
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Read the chapter on the Creek treaty.
Our verdict
Triumphs and tragedies.
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