Above all, it is an enthralling, often surprising story of one of the most important and fascinating Americans who ever lived. This is history on a grand scale - an audiobook about politics, 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. John Adams is an extraordinary book, and an excellent political history of the beginning of the United States. McCullough's John Adams has the sweep and vitality of a great novel. His rocky relationship with friend and eventual archrival Thomas Jefferson, his courageous voyage on the frigate Boston in the winter of 1778 and his later trek over the Pyrenees are exploits few would have dared and that few listeners will ever forget. Much about Adams' life will come as a surprise to many. COPY OF TICKET FROM SIGNING EVENT INCLUDED. HBOs JOHN ADAMS, A MINI-SERIES BASED ON THE BOOK, WON 13 EMMYS IN 2008. DJ unclipped covered in mylar, NO Pulitzer Prize Medal on front. Adams thought, wrote, and spoke out for the 'Great Cause' come what might he traveled far and wide in all seasons and often at extreme risk he rose to become the second president of the United States and saved the country from blundering into an unnecessary war he was rightly celebrated for his integrity, and regarded by some as 'out of his senses' and his marriage to the wise and valiant Abigail Adams is one of the most moving love stories in American history. John Adams Signed by David McCullough Signed and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles. In this powerful, epic biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian 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.

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