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

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