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Richard Brookhiser

Born

in Rochester, New York, The United States

February 23, 1955

Website

http://www.richardbrookhiser.com/

Genre

History, Biography, Nonfiction

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Richard Brookhiser, author of Founding Father (Free Press 1996), is a senior editor at National Review and a columnist for The New York Observer.

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Average rating: 3.78 · 8,619 ratings · 899 reviews · 34 distinct works • Similar authors

	James Madison 3.75 avg rating — 3,683 ratings — published 2011 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alexander Hamilton, American 3.65 avg rating — 1,067 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington 3.88 avg rating — 1,001 ratings — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	George Washington on Leadership 3.71 avg rating — 529 ratings — published 2008 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court 3.81 avg rating — 502 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln 4.17 avg rating — 348 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gentleman Revolutionary: Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitution 3.89 avg rating — 322 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	America's First Dynasty: The Adamses, 1735-1918 3.59 avg rating — 307 ratings — published 2002 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Would the Founders Do? Our Questions, Their Answers 3.53 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 2006 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Give Me Liberty: A History of America's Exceptional Idea really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 127 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Lincoln began to emerge from his funk by helping a coworker who looked up to him out of a funk of his own.”
― Richard Brookhiser, Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln

tags: community, discipleship, mentoring

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“A storyteller, a displaced poet, will absorb reading differently.”
― Richard Brookhiser, Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln

tags: communication, curiosity, illustration, inspiration, leadership, persuasion

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“Since we never get everything we want or need from our families, we look for sufficiency in surrogates.”
― Richard Brookhiser, Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln

tags: discipleship, friendship, mentoring, reading

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