John Adams | David McCullough

John Adams | David McCullough | John Admas finally gets the respect/acknowledgement he deserves

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John Adams

	John Adams David McCullough Simon & Schuster, 2008 - 768 pages average customer review:based on 769 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A Must Read

McCullough does not disappoint. I couldn't put this book down. Especially touching was Adams' close relationship with his wife Abigail. McCullough draws you in and transports you there. He details the excitement of the times and the struggles of the men trying to form a new country. It's an amazing account that will leave you wanting more!

John Admas finally gets the respect/acknowledgement he deserves

John Adams' life encompasses a huge arc - he lived longer than any president. Crucial to the story as it was to history is the relationship between Adams and Jefferson born opposites - but alike in their devotion to their country. Amazingly and incredibly they died on the same day - their day of days - July 4, 1826. This is history on a grand scale - a book about politics and war and social issues, but also about human nature, love, religious faith, virtue, ambition, friendship and betrayal and the far-reaching consequences of noble ideas. Above all, John Adams is an enthralling, often surprising story of one of the most important and fascinating Americans who ever lived. John Adams is, so far, my favorite book this year.

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Best History Book I Ever Read!

I love American History around the time of the Revolution and the early American Republic. This book is great; you can feel like your back in-time along with John Adams and the others experiencing what they went through. Very imformative; there is a TON of stuff here you never read in your high school or college US History class and it is all genuinely interesting, for instance, the not so noble mud throwing and scheming that went on amoung the men of the early US. Not to mention how divergent these men's views were on how the United Stares should be setup and run.

I saw the HBO series before I read this, which seems to me only had 10% or less of the info thats in the book. I cant belive i didn't read this sooner, for I was ignorant of the author David McCullough and how good his book "John Adams" is. And to think I lived in Massachusetts until very recently ago and could have easily went to see the Adams residence and tombs in Quincy, MA. What a fool I am!

Anyways, if you like American history, you should love this book.

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A Great Story With Real Insights

In the past I have considered studying our history more but, I had a taste of high school and the university in my mouth even after almost 40 years. I am now inspired by this exciting and insightful story to read more history. I realize how much more I have to learn to fully appreciate what we, the citizens of the United States, have had handed down to us. As a nation, we take so much for grated we are at risk of losing it. "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." I should know who said that but....I'll have to lookit up.

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