To the reader who knows Washington’s marble face and Jefferson’s phrases—and still has not met the irascible Yankee who would not stay home — this is for you. John Adams by David McCullough Winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Biography The Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of America’s second president—and the book behind the HBO miniseries. McCullough follows John Adams from Massachusetts lawyer to revolutionary, diplomat, vice president, and president: brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest. Jefferson called him the “colossus of independence.” Some thought him out of his senses. He spared nothing for the Revolution, rose to the presidency, and kept the country out of a war he judged unnecessary. At the center is his marriage to Abigail Adams—one of the great love stories in American history—and a correspondence that also includes one of the most extraordinary exchanges in English, with Thomas Jefferson. This is history on a grand scale: politics and war, but also human nature, faith, virtue, ambition, friendship, and betrayal. Buy links - Amazon (paperback): amazon.com/John-Adams-David-… - Amazon (hardcover): amazon.com/John-Adams-David-… - Amazon (Kindle ebook): amazon.com/John-Adams-David-… About the author David McCullough (1933–2022) twice won the Pulitzer Prize, for *Truman* and *John Adams*, and twice won the National Book Award, for *The Path Between the Seas* and *Mornings on Horseback*. His other books include *1776*, *The Great Bridge*, *The Wright Brothers*, and *The Pioneers*. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Humanities Medal. Website: davidmccullough.com