John Adams
Presents a biography portraying John Adams as a brilliant, fiercely independent Yankee patriot who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution and then rose to become the second president of the United States.
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| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster Audio,
p2001.
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| Summary: | Presents a biography portraying John Adams as a brilliant, fiercely independent Yankee patriot who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution and then rose to become the second president of the United States. |
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| Item Description: | Abridged. Compact discs. |
| Physical Description: | 9 sound discs (ca. 9 hr.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time: | 09:00:00 |
| ISBN: | 0743504747 0743525485 (set) |
| Author Notes: | His first book, The Johnstown Flood, was published in 1968. His other books include 1776, Brave Companions, The Great Bridge, and The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris. He received the Pulitzer Prize twice for Truman and John Adams and the National Book Award twice for The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal and Mornings on Horseback. He also won two Francis Parkman Prizes, the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and New York Public Library's Literary Lion Award. Two of his books, Truman and John Adams, have been adapted into a television movie and mini-series, respectively, by HBO. In December 2006, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He also made the New York Times Best Seller List in 2015 with his book The Wright Brothers, and in 2017 with The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For. (Bowker Author Biography) |
