TITLE: Joseph J. Ellis: Book Fest 05
SPEAKER: Joseph J. Ellis
EVENT DATE: 09/24/2005
FORMAT: Video + Captions
RUNNING TIME: 31 minutes
TRANSCRIPT: View Transcript (link will open in a new window)
DESCRIPTION:
Author Joseph J. Ellis at the 2005 National Book Festival
Speaker Biography: Joseph J. Ellis, a professor of history at Mount Holyoke College, is a nationally recognized scholar of American history from colonial times through the early decades of the Republic. The author of seven books, he is recipient of the National Book Award in Nonfiction for "American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson" (1997) and the Pulitzer Prize for "Founding Brothers" (2000). His most recent book is ""His Excellency: George Washington"' (Knopf, 2004). He lives in Massachusetts.
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SERIES: National Book Festival 2005
