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John Adams (book)
2001 book by David McCullough
John Adams. is a 2001 biography of the Founding Father and second U.S. PresidentJohn Adams, written by the popular American historian David McCullough, which won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.
It was adapted into the 2008 television miniseries of the same name by HBO Films. Since the TV miniseries debuted, an alternative cover has been added to the book showing Paul Giamatti as John Adams. The book is available as both hardcover and paperback.
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The problem with Adams is that most Americans know nothing about him.[1]
— David McCullough
Although the book was originally intended to be a dual biography of Adams and Jefferson, McCullough was increasingly drawn to Adams and away from Jefferson.[2] The author spent six years studying Adams, reading the same books he had read and visiting the places he had lived.[2]
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