Pulitzer prizewinning historian david mccullough joins charlie for the hour and shares his latest exploration into the lives of americas founding father, john. Mccullough, author of the book john adams published by simon and schuster, delivered a speech entitled the enduring examples of john and abigail adams at the 201st anniversary of the. John adams john adams audiobook, by david mccullough. The paucity of mcculloughs picturesque characterological approach to the past is underscored by his life of john adams. John adams, to gauge by the letters and diaries from which mccullough liberally quotes, did not exactly go out of his way to assume a leadership role in the tumultuous years of the american revolution, though he was always ambitious to excel. It has been made into a tv miniseries with the same name by hbo films.
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Bestselling historian and twotime pulitzer winner mccullough follows up john adams by staying with americas founding, focusing on a year rather than an individual. Written by david mccullough, narrated by nelson runger. John adams, the pulitzer prize winner for biography, tells the sweeping tale of one of americas greatest historical figures. Attended harvard, read law, admitted to bar 1759 loved books incl. In this powerful, epic biography, david mccullough unfolds the adventurous life journey of john adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always.
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In 1776, mccullough tackles the story of americas tumultuous beginning, the revolutionary war, and those who, at great sacrifice, fought for our nations heritage and original ideals. David mccullough 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. On september 21, 2004, the john adams institute hosted an evening with david mccullough. Unbeknownst at the time to david mccullough, john adams would go on to inspire an awardwinning hbo miniseries produced seven years later. John adams audiobook by david mccullough 9780743550864.
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