- Politics and government, Presidents, Biography, Government
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…
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Earnest, classical in form, epic and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- David McCullough
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 751
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster, Limited, Barnes & Noble, Thorndike Press
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780684813639
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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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