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Genre/Form: | Biographies Biography |
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Named Person: | John Adams; John Adams |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: | David G McCullough |
ISBN: | 0743223136 9780743223133 |
OCLC Number: | 1136293627 |
Notes: | "A Touchstone book." |
Awards: | Pulitzer Prize, Biography, 2002. |
Description: | 751 pages, [40] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Part I: Revolution -- Road to Philadelphia -- True blue -- Colossus of independence -- Part II: Distant shores -- Appointment to France -- Unalterably determined -- Abigail in Paris -- London -- Part III: Independence forever -- Heir apparent -- Old oak -- Statesman -- Rejoice ever more -- Journey's end -- Acknowledgments -- Source notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Responsibility: | David McCullough. |
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Abstract:
In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution; who rose to become the second President of the United States and saved the country from blundering into an unnecessary war; who was learned beyond all but a few and regarded by some as "out of his senses"; and whose marriage to the wise and valiant Abigail Adams is one of the moving love stories in American history. This is history on a grand scale -- a book about politics and war and social issues, but also about human nature, love, religious faith, virtue, ambition, friendship, and betrayal, and the far-reaching consequences of noble ideas. Above all, John Adams is an enthralling, often surprising story of one of the most important and fascinating Americans who ever lived.
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