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Nancy Mandel
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I read lots of biographies and this one is my all time favorite. As I read this book I was constantly surprised at how little I knew about Adams. His contribution to our nation's founding was far greater than I realized; his life was much more interesting than I expected. I liked his relationship with his wife Abigail, his dedication to equal justice for all, and his willingness to bury the hatchet with Jefferson. Despite knowing the ending this was a real page-turner for me. I was a little sad when he died and the book ended.
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I find David McCullough's "John Adams" essential reading. A great biography about our second President. I truly enjoyed reading about the relationship between President Adams and First Lady Abigail Adams as well as the complex relationship with Thomas Jefferson. Great insight into the early days and formation of the United States.
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Ted Washburne
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This is a tough one. There were so many good books put out or brought back this last decade. But David McCullough's John Adams was easily one of my favorites. This book brought John Adams and his whole family, indeed many personages of his day, so close and so fully fleshed out that my heart was right there with them all. I was lost in their wonderment and cried when they hurt or were in danger. I have recommended it to nearly everyone I know!
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John Senseman
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David McCullough's "John Adams" is a fascinating biography of a previously little known and under appreciated founding father whose contributions to this country are only now being fully recognized.Thanks to McCullough's highly readable biography John Adams comes to life and historians and the general public have renewed their interest in this seminal period of the nation's history.
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Beverly Littlefield
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I honestly wanted to start over and re-read this book as soon as I had finished it! Never having been a great student of American and European history, I did not have a full appreciation of Adams' contributions to the founding of our country. McCulloough's work brings that period to life in a way that I had not encountered before. What a masterpiece! What a reading pleasure!
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A great read. Having enjoyed McCullough's PBS documentaries I could hear his voice while reading the book.
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A difficult biography written in clear, concise flowing prose that allowed the reader to live the story the author was trying to tell, never sacrificing exacting scholarship and rigorous detail. Spellbinding.
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great read.makes you think about what the country had to go thru, when it first started and what the politicians are doing to it now.you get greater in site into one of our great leaders and how his life and faith shaped him and helped shape the country.
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Product Details
ISBN:
9780743223133
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
09/03/2002
Publisher:
SIMON & SCHUSTER TRADE
Pages:
752
Height:
1.44IN
Width:
6.14IN
Thickness:
1.25
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2001
Series Volume:
1986/12
UPC Code:
2800743223135
Author:
David McCullough
Author:
David McCullough
Subject:
John Adams, second president, declaration of independence, Continental Congress, constitution, revolution, revolutionary war, boston tea party, abigail adams, sam adams, george washington, thomas jefferson, benjamin franklin, alexander hamilton, john quin
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United States Politics and government.
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Presidents -- United States.
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United states
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Biography-Presidents and Heads of State
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