- Physicians, Intellectual life, American Authors, Americans
This is the inspiring and, until now, untold story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and others of high aspiration who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900, ambitious to excel in their work.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and nostalgic.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- David McCullough
- First published
- 2011
- Pages
- 734
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, Simon & Schuster, Simon & Schuster Audio
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781617934438
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David Gaub McCullough has been widely acclaimed as a “master of the art of narrative history.” He is twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, twice winner of the National Book Award, and has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award.
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