A huge bestseller in America, David McCullough’s JOHN ADAMS tells the extraordinary story of the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot — ‘the colossus of independence’, as Thomas Jefferson called him — who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution and who rose to become the second President of the United States.
Both a riveting portrait of an abundantly human man and a vivid evocation of his time, JOHN ADAMS has the sweep and vitality of a great novel, taking us from the Boston Massacre to Philadelphia in 1776 to the Versailles of Louis XVI, from Spain to Amsterdam to London, where Adams was the first American to stand before King George III as a representative of the new nation.
This is history on a grand scale — a book about politics and war, but also about human nature, love, faith, virtue, ambition, friendship and betrayal, and the far-reaching consequences of noble ideas. Above all, it is an enthralling, often surprising story of one of the most important and fascinating Americans who ever lived.
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Overall For me to review this book seems presumptuous since it has been reviewed by experts and won the Pulitzer Prize. I read it before I saw the HBO miniseries and,
although the miniseries was excellent, the book is even better. I loved the details about this oftenoverlooked \"father\" of our political system. Portraits of Adams always give me the impression of a sort of dumpy and maybe grumpy little guy who seems quite inconsequential. Something about those wigs? It was fascinating to discover that my perception was so very far from the actual genius of this brave and deeply faithful man. Not an easy read since it is so indepth and detailed with lots of quotes from letters and documents of the time it is worth the effort! Review by Susan.