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Genre/Form: | Biography Biographies |
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Named Person: | John Adams; John Adams; John Adams; John Adams; John Adams; John Adams |
Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: | David G McCullough |
ISBN: | 0684813637 9780684813639 9781416575887 141657588X 9780743223133 0743223136 |
OCLC Number: | 45827978 |
Notes: | Illustrations on lining-papers. |
Performer(s): | Read by Edward Herrmann. |
Awards: | Pulitzer Prize for Biography, 2002. |
Description: | 751 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits, facsimiles, genealogical table ; 25 cm |
Contents: | pt. 1: revolution -- The road to Philadelphia -- True blue -- Colossus of independence -- pt. 2: distant shores -- Appointment to France -- Unalterably determined -- Abigail in Paris -- London -- pt. 3: independence forever -- Heir apparent -- Old oak -- Statesman -- Rejoice ever more -- Journey's end. |
Responsibility: | David McCullough. |
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Abstract:
This biography takes as its subject the extraordinary man who became the second president of the United States, John Adams. His adventurous life and spirited rivalry with Thomas Jefferson encompassed both the American Revolution and the birth of the young republic.
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