American Sphinx

American Sphinx

By
Joseph J. Ellis
Joseph J. Ellis
1997 • 440 pages

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253 books

Book Club

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Phyllis
The Odyssey
Persuasion
Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
A Question of Upbringing
Fences
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice

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43 books

Biography

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August Wilson: A Life
Lives like loaded guns
Eighty Days
A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley
Into the Wild
Beethoven
The Man Who Made Lists

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13 books

Founding Fathers

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Phyllis
Dinner at Mr. Jefferson's: Three Men, Five Great Wines, and the Evening That Changed America
John Adams
I Am Murdered: George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, and the Killing That Shocked a New Nation
The first American: the life and time of Benjamin Franklin
Common Sense
American Sphinx
Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

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19 books

History

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1776
American Sphinx
Camera Work: A Pictorial Guide With Reproductions of All 559 Illustrations and Plates, Fully Indexed
Band of Brothers
An Army at Dawn: The War in Africa, 1942-1943
Slightly Out of Focus: The Legendary Photojournalist's Illustrated Memoir of World War II
D-Day, June 6, 1944

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9 books

Biography

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Steve Jobs
American Sphinx
Ansel Adams: An Autobiography
Slightly Out of Focus: The Legendary Photojournalist's Illustrated Memoir of World War II
Ansel Adams: A Biography
Edward Weston: His Life
Stieglitz: A Memoir/Biography
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