John Adams - Rilegato

McCullough, David

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ISBN 10: 0684813637 ISBN 13: 9780684813639

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster, 2001

Riassunto

The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian sheds new light on America's second president, chronicling the life and times of Adams's youth, his career as a Massachusetts farmer and lawyer, his marriage to Abigail, his rivalry with Thomas Jefferson, and his remarkable influence on the birth of the United States of America. 350,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

'David McCullough's masterly biography of John Adams may be his masterpiece.' Raymond Seitz LITERARY REVIEW
'JOHN ADAMS. is a masterpiece of meticulous research, insightful analysis and flowing prose...This is sparkling history of the highest merit and a joy to read.' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

L'autore:

David McCullough was born in 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and educated there and at Yale. Author of Truman, Brave Companions, Mornings on Horseback, The Path Between the Seas, The Great Bridge, and The Johnstown Flood, he has received the Pulitzer Prize (in 1993, for Truman), the Francis Parkman Prize, and the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and is twice winner of the National Book Award, for history and for biography.

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• Editore: Simon & Schuster
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0684813637
• ISBN 13: 9780684813639
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 752