May 01, 2001 a great, troubled, and, it seems, overlooked president receives his due from the pulitzerwinning historianbiographer mccullough truman, 1992, etc. John adams by david mccullough author nelson runger narrator. May 01, 2001 listen to john adams audiobook by david mccullough. The enthralling, often surprising story of john adams, one of the most important and fascinating americans who ever lived. David mccullough, acclaimed historian and new york times bestselling author, has twice received the pulitzer prize, for truman and john adams, and twice received the national book award, for the path between the seas and mornings on horseback. Although our currency fails to recognize him, thats never been much of a big deal to me, as my wallet generally fails to recognize any currency. His other acclaimed books include the johnstown flood, the grea. Since becoming a full time author, mccullough has written 6 more brilliant books, each dealing with some aspect of the american story. The first edition of the novel was published in 2005, and was written by david mccullough. Left to his own devices, john adams might have lived out his days as a massachusetts country lawyer, devoted to his family and friends. Mccullough describes well the essential role adams played in his long life in our nations founding. In this powerful, epic biography, david mccullough unfolds the adventurous lifejourney of john adams, 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. His footnotes are silent about who said this about adams.
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