John Adams

                  

by David McCullough
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 -- "the colossus of independence," as Thomas Jefferson called him -- who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution; who rose to become the second President of the United States ...more

Paperback, 751 pages

Published May 22nd 2001 by Simon & Schuster Paperbacks (first published 2001)

original title          John Adams

ISBN                    0743223136 (ISBN13: 9780743223133)

edition language   English

characters

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Abigail Adams, Benjamin Franklin...more

setting

United States

literary awards

Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (2002), Christopher Award, Ambassador Book Award for Biography (2002), Puddly Award for Nonfiction (2002), Winner of the Revolutionary War Roundtable Prize ...more