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.".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." 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." Praise The author spent six years studying Adams, reading the same books he had read and visiting the places he had lived.
"The problem with Adams is that most Americans know nothing about him." - David McCullough Īlthough the book was originally intended to be a dual biography of Adams and Jefferson, McCullough was increasingly drawn to Adams and away from Jefferson.
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