The Greater Journey
by David McCullough
Americans in Paris from 1830 to 1900, Morse, Sumner, Saint-Gaudens, Cassatt, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and what they brought home. McCullough at his most pleasurable.
Read it if…
you want history about learning abroad and ambition.
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Skip it if…
you want politics.
Try instead: Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography →
Three things you will actually use
- Go where the masters are.
- Bring it home.
- Ambition can be generous.
Do this first
Read the chapter on Elihu Washburne during the siege.
Our verdict
Americans in Paris.
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