“Shaker Loops” … “Hoodoo Zephyr” … “Short Ride in a Fast Machine” — the titles alone of John Adams’ musical compositions suggest he’d make a lively, witty prose writer. That proves to be the case in ...
A new HBO miniseries based on a Pulitzer-Prize winning biography by David McCullough aims to present an authentic portrayal of the life and times of America's second president, John Adams. McCullough ...
In 1819, 18 years after leaving the White House, John Adams fretted that “Mausoleums, Statues, Monuments will never be erected to me. … Panegyrical romances will never be written, nor flattering ...
In 1797, John Adams became the second American president, having won election by three votes in the Electoral College. Although George Washington had set a momentous precedent by relinquishing power — ...
John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, in Braintree, Massachusetts. His father, a farmer and deacon, hoped that Adams would enter the clergy, but his Harvard professors thought his propensity for ...
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough died August 8, 2022 at age 89. In this "Sunday Morning" interview, originally broadcast on July 1, 2001, he discusses his biography of an overlooked ...
This exceedingly handsome Tom Hanks-backed production is grand in its scope and intellectually uncompromising, representing a you-won't-see-this-anywhere-else endeavor that pay TV increasingly ...
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