John Adams
by David McCullough
The Pulitzer biography that made Adams a hero: the lawyer who defended the British soldiers, the diplomat, the vice president who hated the job, the president who kept the peace, the fifty-four-year marriage to Abigail. Warm, long and rehabilitating.
Read it if…
you want integrity and marriage portrayed over a long life.
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Skip it if…
you want a short read.
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Three things you will actually use
- Do the unpopular right thing.
- A marriage of minds endures.
- Vanity is the enemy of judgement.
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Read the chapters on the Boston Massacre trial.
Our verdict
Integrity over a long life.
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