John Adams

Name: John Adams
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ISBN: 9781416575887

ISBN-10: 141657588X

ISBN-13: 9781416575887

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Authors: David McCullough

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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 most 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…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 1/29/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 768
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English

David McCullough is a writer, historian, lecturer, & teacher. He has received the Pulitzer Prize for "Truman", as well as the Francis Parkman Prize, & the "Los Angeles Times" Book Award. He is also a two-time winner of the National Book Award, for history & for biography. He lives in Massachusetts.



Contents



Revolution



The 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


Acknowledgments


Source Notes


Bibliography


Index