The Founding Fathers: Biographies of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin

By: Shane Costello

Narrated by: Kevin Theis

This audiobook includes biographies on the following men: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin.

The Founding Fathers of the United States led the American Revolution against the Kingdom of Great Britain. Most were descendants of colonists settled in the Thirteen Colonies in North America.

Historian Richard B. Morris in 1973 identified the following seven figures as the key Founding Fathers: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. Adams, Jefferson, and Franklin were members of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence. Hamilton, Madison, and Jay were authors of The Federalist Papers, advocating ratification of the Constitution. The constitutions drafted by Jay and Adams for their respective states of New York (1777) and Massachusetts (1780) were heavily relied upon when creating language for the US Constitution. Jay, Adams and Franklin negotiated the Treaty of Paris (1783) that would end the American Revolutionary War. Washington was Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and was President of the Constitutional Convention. All held additional important roles in the early government of the United States, with Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison serving as President. Jay was the nation's first Chief Justice, Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury, and Franklin was America's most senior diplomat, and later the governmental leader of Pennsylvania.

The term Founding Fathers is sometimes used to refer to the Signers of the embossed version of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Signers should not be confused with the term Framers; the Framers are defined by the National Archives as those 55 individuals who were appointed to be delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention and took part in drafting the proposed Constitution of the United States.

©2018 Shane Costello (P)2018 Flâneur Media

Interesting perspective

This book explains so much of the history of the Revolution. Having recently seen Outlander, I was interested in what really had been meant as true. It was true. Good read!

Four Short Biographies

While the biographies hit all the high points of the Founding Fathers' lives, there are repeated misguided references to modern developments. The Revolution was not about development of corporations! Also, the writing has the style of Cliff Notes and I found the narrator strident. That said, if you are looking for a just the facts biographies of these men, this book delivers. If you are looking for a more nuanced presentation, there are excellent individual biographies of Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson and Franklin available on Audible.

Too short!

Very interesting, except it was delivered more as a news report than a book. A bit startling at first.

Required listening/reading for all Americans.

The title says it all. but Amazon a wants a minimum of 15 words here.

Founding Fathers

Nice short bios of four of the founding fathers of America. Narrated nicely by Kevin Theis.Perfect for any age.I was given this book by the narrator,author or publisher free for an honest review.