Asked once by a reporter from the Mount Holyoke school newspaper if he considered himself a star, Ellis said, "Heavens no, I'm not a star maybe more like a comet or meteor. He was a best-selling author, a popular teacher at Mount Holyoke College and a featured commentator on Ken Burns' documentary about Jefferson. (His previous book, "American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson," won the National Book Award in 1997.) Wounds of any kind seemed unthinkable before June 2001: Ellis won a Pulitzer for "Founding Brothers," an interconnected series of essays about George Washington, John Adams and the other leaders of the American Revolution. That the most serious wounds in life are self-inflicted." "That we will never face our imperfections unless forced to do so. Ellis, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, sits thoughtfully in his study, hands clasped and pressed against his chin, eyes soft and voice composed as he ponders what he has learned over the past three years.
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