John Adams (Book, 2004) [Texas Group Catalog]
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John Adams

John Adams

Author: David G McCullough
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2004. ©2001
Edition/Format:   Print book : Biography : English : First Simon & Schuster paperback editionView all editions and formats
Summary:
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  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biography
Biographies
Named Person: John Adams; John Adams; John Adams
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: David G McCullough
ISBN: 9780743223133 0743223136
OCLC Number: 62084194
Awards: Winner of Pulitzer Prize Biography Category 2002
Description: 751 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Contents: Revolution: Road to Philadelphia --
True blue --
Colossus of independence --
Distant shores: Appointment to France --
Unalterably determined --
Abigail in Paris --
London --
Independence forever: Heir apparent --
Old oak --
Statesman --
Rejoice ever more --
Journey's end.
Responsibility: David Mccullough.

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A biography of the extraordinary man who became the second president of the United States, this book traces John Adams' adventurous life and spirited rivalry with Thomas Jefferson, and encompasses  Read more...
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