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On this special edition of the American Revolution, I speak with Joseph Ellis, historian

and author of Founding Brothers, which won a Pulitzer Prize for History, American Sphinx, a biography of Thomas Jefferson, which won a national book award,

and also his excellency George Washington, which was a New York Times bestseller.

I spoke with Mr Ellis via Zoom in October 2021

about his latest book, The Cause, The American Revolution,

and its discontents.

Joseph Ellis, welcome to the American Revolution podcast.

It's pleasure to be here, Michael.

So of course you've written a bunch of really great books about the American Revolution.

Your latest book is called The Cause, The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773 to 1783. Really fascinating book I just finished it yesterday. I was trying to get through before our conversation, but really a fascinating book.

You've written so many books about the American Revolution and the founding era.

What do you find particularly interesting about that time period?

People ask me that question over time because I have focused on what I call the American founding the last quarter century of the 18th century

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