Historian Ellis Packs Cultural Center.: ; Humanities Council Honors Hechler with Daugherty Award

Charleston Gazette › October 28, 2005

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Joseph J. Ellis, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the Founding Fathers, told a packed house at the state Cultural Center Thursday evening that the last 10 to 15 years have seen a renewed interest in the country's founders.

Ellis, who has written biographies of George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, said, "there is an audience out there for serious history."

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Historian Ellis Packs Cultural Center.: ; Humanities Council Honors Hechler with Daugherty Award

Ellis, who teaches history at Mount Holyoke College, joked about reactions he sometimes receives du...

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