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	John Adams David McCullough Simon & Schuster, 2008 - 768 pages average customer review:based on 736 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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.

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Gave me tremendous appreciation for John & Abigail

I've never enjoyed a biography more than this one. The portrait that McCullough paints of John and Abigail Adams left a great impression on me and an appreciation for the sacrifices that they and others made to give birth to our nation.


So much fun to read!

Having grown up in Quincy, Mass., I learned about John Adams at a young age (the birth places, the church, "Peacefield" -were everyone's first school field trip). It was probably that that made me love history. Very young I then read everything I could about John Adams, Abigail, John Quincy. As an adult, this was a perfect continuation of that education. I LOVED reading this book. It was so full of information, but read like the best written novel. It was so much fun to read!

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very good readable book

This book has a lot of history that you don't hear about that make this book more enjoyable to read.


John Adams book review

John Adams was one of the most pivotal characters and longest lived of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. But what makes this book possible is the immense volume of letters he wrote though out his life time... letters to friends, family, co-conspirators, rivals, foreign powers, enemies, politicians, soldiers, and scholars. He may be the most prolific writer of the period, possibly any period.
David McCullough uses this mass of writing to bring insight into the formation of our government, foreign relations, politics, culture, world events, etc...
John Adams is an exemplary character, he was called 'incorruptible' by friends and foe alike. But his integrity, unmatched by but a few, pales in comparison to his passion and love for his country, friends, and family. This book is full of insights, quotes, personality development, and history.
Adams was so in twined with the characters of the day, that no study of the American Revolutionary War would be half complete without it.
Along with John Adams, his wife ,Abigail, also stands out as one of the greatest minds and characters of the ages. Her involvement in both world affairs and home life is amazing. Their love and commitment for each other stands as one of the most powerful love stories ever written.
Buy it, read it.
Thom Boswell

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Pure Joy

I was really impressed with the way that McCullough let John, Abagail, Jefferson and others speak for themselves. The amount of primary sources quoted at length is massive but never daunting, and McCollough is helpful in getting past the colloqualisms of the time (I had no idea a "pip" was a sore throat). Abagail impressed me more than John through her own words. The only drawback was that the narrative style at times was more anecdotal and less analytical. But eggheadism aside this book is truly a masterpeice, and so enjoyable to read. It affirmed my love of history and my love of reading.

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