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Joseph J. Ellis

Professor of History, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass. Author of, among other works, American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson, Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams, Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation (for which he won a Pulitzer Prize), and His Excellency: George Washington.

Articles contributed

“Tom and Sally”: the Jefferson-Hemings paternity debate
Adams, John
Founding Fathers
Jefferson, Thomas