John Adams by David McCullough - 2002

NY: Simon & Schuster, 2002. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 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 has been made into a TV miniseries with the same name by HBO Films. In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution; who rose to become the second president of the United States and saved the country from blundering into an unnecessary war; who was learned beyond all but a few and regarded by some as "out of his senses"; and whose marriage to the wise and valiant Abigail Adams is one of the moving love stories in American history. Paperback: 752 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster; 1st Touchstone edition (September 3, 2002) Language: English ISBN-10: 9780743223133 ISBN-13: 978-0743223133 ASIN: 0743223136 Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.4 x 9.2 inches Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds