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John Adams (book)

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John Adams
The cover of John Adams
AuthorDavid McCullough
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory, U.S. history, American Revolution
GenreNon-fiction
PublishedMay 22, 2001
Simon & Schuster
Pages751 pages
ISBN978-1-4165-7588-7 (paperback) 0684813637 (hardcover)
OCLC191069913
Preceded byTruman 
Followed by1776 

John Adams is a 2001 biography of the Founding Father and second U.S. President John Adams, written by the popular American historian David McCullough, which won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. It was adapted into the 2008 television miniseries of the same name by HBO Films. Since the TV miniseries debuted, an alternative cover has been added to the book showing Paul Giamatti as John Adams. The book is available as both hardcover and paperback.

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Transcription

Production

"The problem with Adams is that most Americans know nothing about him." — David McCullough[1]

Although the book was originally intended to be a dual biography of Adams and Jefferson, McCullough was increasingly drawn to Adams and away from Jefferson.[2] The author spent six years studying Adams, reading the same books he had read and visiting the places he had lived.[2]

Perhaps the greatest treasure trove was the enormous amount of correspondence between John Adams and his wife, Abigail Adams, a marriage McCullough calls "one of the great love stories of American history."[3] Also invaluable was his long correspondence with his successor as president, Thomas Jefferson, which McCullough calls "one of the most extraordinary correspondences in the English language."[3]

Praise

  • Walter Isaacson for Time: "America's most beloved biographer, David McCullough, has plucked Adams from the historical haze...and produced another masterwork of storytelling that blends colorful narrative with sweeping insights."[4]
  • Booklist "[A] wonderfully stirring biography; to read it is to feel as if you are witnessing the birth of a country firsthand."[5]
  • Library Journal "This life of Adams is an extraordinary portrait of an extraordinary man....This excellent biography deserves a wide audience."[5]
  • Kirkus Reviews "Despite the whopping length, there's not a wasted word in this superb, swiftly moving narrative, which brings new and overdue honor to a Founding Father."[5]
  • The New Yorker "David McCullough's portrait may not quite give us the battered titan in all his raw, sulfurous asperity, but his vivid storytelling will surely persuade a generation to look again at this obstinate, brave, and most deeply philosophical of American patriarchs."[6]
  • Publishers Weekly "Here a preeminent master of narrative history takes on the most fascinating of our founders to create a benchmark for all Adams biographers."[7]
  • Book Reporter "Lavish and abundant in documentation, readers will be delighted with the fascinating, colorful narrative in John Adams."[8]
  • The New York Times "...a lucid and compelling work."[9]
  • The New York Review of Books "This big but extremely readable book is by far the best biography of Adams ever written."[10]

Criticism

  • The New Republic "McCullough barely mentions Adams's political writings; and what he has to say about the two major works consists of brief quotations surrounded by utterly conventional plot summary and commentary."[11]
  • Claremont Institute "Oddly, McCullough has almost nothing to say about Adams's political thought."[12]

Awards

Errors

In 2009, McCullough acknowledged that he misquoted Thomas Jefferson in John Adams. He was criticized in a Harper's Magazine review of the book, which claimed that McCullough had mistakenly attributed Jefferson as having referred to the second president as a "colossus of independence." Upon being confronted with the accusation, McCullough admitted that he had, in fact, "erred". "It's hard work; you're trying to get the truth about distant times," he told the Associated Press. "When you make the mistakes, it's very painful, but you will make mistakes. We're imperfect, in an imperfect world."[14]

References

  1. ^ Leopold, Todd (2001-06-07). "David McCullough brings 'John Adams' to life". CNN. Archived from the original on 2011-11-22. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  2. ^ a b Smith, Dinitia (2001-06-28). "John Adams, Maligned and Misunderstood, Finds a 21st-Century Champion". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
  3. ^ a b Hartle, Terry. "Classic review: John Adams". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
  4. ^ Isaacson, Walter (2001-05-28). "Books: Best Supporting Actor". time.com. Archived from the original on October 15, 2007. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  5. ^ a b c "John Adams". Booklist. Retrieved 2013-03-03 – via Powell's Books.
  6. ^ Schama, Simon (13 May 2001). "The American Cicero". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
  7. ^ "John Adams". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
  8. ^ "Book Reporter". bookreporter.com. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  9. ^ Kakutani, Michiko (2001-05-22). "Rediscovering John Adams, The Founder Time Forgot". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
  10. ^ Wood, Gordon S. "In the American Grain". nybooks.com. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
  11. ^ Wilentz, Sean (July 2001). "America Made Easy". The New Republic. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  12. ^ "John Adams". claremont.org. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
  13. ^ McCullough, David (22 May 2001). Official site awards. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-1829-0. Retrieved 2013-03-03. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  14. ^ "Historians Under Fire". CBS News. February 11, 2009.

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