RaveThe New York Times Book Review[Ellis\'s] object is to include only what is significant, and to untwist the raveled strands of rumor woven about their lives. In assessing their stature, Ellis prefers \'brothers\' to \'fathers\' as the less adoring term; but unlike Strachey, a true iconoclast, he never veers toward caricature ... This is a splendid book -- humane, learned, written with flair and radiant with a calm intelligence and wit. Even those familiar with \'the Revolutionary generation\' will, I would warrant, find much in its pages to captivate and enlarge their understanding of our nation\'s fledgling years.
