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Founding Fathers Books
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Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.22 — 200,606 ratings — published 2004
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.08 — 378,202 ratings — published 2001
Washington: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.17 — 83,001 ratings — published 2010
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.95 — 47,563 ratings — published 2000
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.05 — 150,539 ratings — published 2003
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.85 — 91,961 ratings — published 1791
1776 (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.10 — 248,797 ratings — published 2005
His Excellency: George Washington (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.96 — 43,349 ratings — published 2004
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 31 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.05 — 43,252 ratings — published 2012
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.94 — 29,034 ratings — published 1997
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.11 — 22,855 ratings — published 2000
The Federalist Papers (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 23 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.10 — 42,125 ratings — published 1788
American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.97 — 10,792 ratings — published 2007
The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.14 — 6,774 ratings — published 2015
The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.94 — 10,937 ratings — published 2009
Common Sense (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.00 — 39,656 ratings — published 1776
The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.13 — 8,553 ratings — published 2004
The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.74 — 7,576 ratings — published 2022
Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)
by (shelved 12 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.13 — 9,886 ratings — published 2016
American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.86 — 3,243 ratings — published 2006
First Family: Abigail and John Adams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.04 — 7,549 ratings — published 2010
Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.77 — 2,195 ratings — published 2007
Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,121 ratings — published 1993
Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.96 — 4,113 ratings — published 2006
My Dear Hamilton (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.30 — 53,630 ratings — published 2018
Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,861 ratings — published 2017
James Madison: A Biography (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.96 — 4,457 ratings — published 1971
James Madison: A Life Reconsidered (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,445 ratings — published 2014
Washington's Crossing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.16 — 15,291 ratings — published 2003
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War that Changed American History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.80 — 17,033 ratings — published 2015
Jefferson and Hamilton: The Rivalry That Forged a Nation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,290 ratings — published 2013
James Madison (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.75 — 3,544 ratings — published 2011
The Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the United States (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.44 — 27,431 ratings — published 1776
John Jay: Founding Father (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.01 — 712 ratings — published 2005
America's First Daughter (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.23 — 68,324 ratings — published 2016
Thomas Jefferson: Author of America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.94 — 3,890 ratings — published 2005
Burr (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.09 — 10,667 ratings — published 1973
The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,601 ratings — published 2007
The 5000 Year Leap (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.27 — 7,169 ratings — published 1981
Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.05 — 820 ratings — published 2010
Madison and Jefferson (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,101 ratings — published 2010
John, Paul, George & Ben (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,676 ratings — published 2006
Samuel Adams: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,232 ratings — published 2008
Washington: The Indispensable Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.11 — 6,131 ratings — published 1974
First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,931 ratings — published 2020
American Dialogue: The Founders and Us (Audio CD)
by (shelved 6 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,708 ratings — published 2018
The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.82 — 14,048 ratings — published 2019
Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 3.98 — 926 ratings — published 2008
Thomas Jefferson: A Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,329 ratings — published 1993
The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as founding-fathers)
avg rating 4.09 — 3,693 ratings — published 1986
“One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.”
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“Where the preamble declares that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an amendment was proposed, by inserting the word "Jesus Christ," so that it should read "a departure from the plan of Jesus Christ, the holy author of our religion." The insertion was rejected by a great majority, in proof that they meant to comprehend, within the mantle of it's protection, the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and Mahometan, the Hindoo, and infidel of every denomination.”
― Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson
― Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson
