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The greater journey Americans in Paris

Multiple Pulitzer Prize and American Book Award winner David McCullough makes history come alive with a style that's both riveting and authoritative. The Greater Journey is the enthralling, inspiring, and -- until now -- untold story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politi...

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Main Author: McCullough, David G.
Other Authors: Herrmann, Edward, 1943-2014
Format: Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook
Language: English
Published: Prince Frederick : HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books, 2014.
Edition: Unabridged.
Subjects:
Americans > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
Intellectuals > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
Artists > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
Authors, American > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
Physicians > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
Americans > France > Paris > Biography.
Paris (France) > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Paris (France) > Biography.
Paris (France) > Relations > United States.
United States > Relations > France > Paris.
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Summary: Multiple Pulitzer Prize and American Book Award winner David McCullough makes history come alive with a style that's both riveting and authoritative. The Greater Journey is the enthralling, inspiring, and -- until now -- untold story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and others of high aspiration who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900, eager to excel in their work.
Item Description: Unabridged.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (19 audio files) : digital
Playing Time: 16::4:9:
Format: Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 473349 KB).
ISBN: 9781461845645
Author Notes: David McCullough was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 7, 1933. He received a bachelor's degree in English literature from Yale University in 1955. After graduation, he moved to New York City and worked as a trainee at Sports Illustrated. He later worked as a writer and editor for the United States Information Agency, in Washington, D.C., including a position at American Heritage.

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.

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