A review by ferris_mx
John Adams by David McCullough
4.0
A nice history, clearly favorable to our second President. Comforting in that politics was every bit as much of a shitshow in the age of our FOUNDING FATHERS. Jefferson paid a disreputable journalist to slime Adams so that he (Jefferson) could win the 1800 election, for example. Generally there was more backstabbing than not and maybe things aren't the worst ever ever.
It was a big world back then, where it could take four months to communicate with your representative abroad and then hear back.
Although this book stars Adams, it's much more of a reasonable comparative history of Adams and Jefferson than Bullock's Hitler/Stalin.
It was a big world back then, where it could take four months to communicate with your representative abroad and then hear back.
Although this book stars Adams, it's much more of a reasonable comparative history of Adams and Jefferson than Bullock's Hitler/Stalin.