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1、JohnAdamsByDavidMcCulloughEditorialReviewsAmazon.com'sBestof2001Lefttohisowndevices,JohnAdamsmighthavelivedouthisdaysasaMassachusettscountrylawyer,devotedtohisfamilyandfriends.Asitwas,eventsswiftlyovertookhim,andAdams--who,DavidMcCulloughwrites,was"notamanoftheworld"andnotfondofpolitics--came
2、togreatnessasthesecondpresidentoftheUnitedStates,andoneofthemostdistinguishedofagenerationofrevolutionaryleaders.Hefoundreasontodislikesectarianwranglingevenmoreintheaftermathofwar,whenFederalistandanti-Federalistfactionsviedbitterlyforpower,introducingscandalintoanadministrationbesetbyotherd
3、ifficulties--includingpiratesonthehighseas,conflictwithFranceandEngland,andallthepubliccontroversyattendantinbuildinganation.OvershadowedbythelustrouspresidentsWashingtonandJefferson,whobracketedhistenureinoffice,AdamsemergesfromMcCullough'sbrilliantbiographyasatrulyheroicfigure--notonlyforhi
4、ssignificantroleintheAmericanRevolutionbutalsoformaintaininghispersonalintegrityinitsstrife-filledaftermath.McCulloughspendsmuchofhisnarrativeexaminingthetroubledfriendshipbetweenAdamsandJefferson,whohadincommonaloveforbooksandideasbutdifferedonalmosteveryotherimaginablepoint.Readinghispages,
5、itiseasytoimaginethetwoasalteregos.(Strangely,bothdiedonthesameday,the50thanniversaryoftheDeclarationofIndependence.)ButMcCulloughalsoconsidersAdamsinhisownlight,andtheportraitthatemergesisaltogetherfascinating.--GregoryMcNamee--ThistextreferstotheHardcoveredition.FromPublishersWeeklyHereapre
6、eminentmasterofnarrativehistorytakesonthemostfascinatingofourfounderstocreateabenchmarkforallAdamsbiographers.Withakeeneyefortellingdetailandamasterstoryteller'sinstinctforhumaninterest,McCullough(Truman;MorningsonHorseback)resurrectsthegreatFederalist(1735-1826),revealinginparticularhisrestr
7、ained,sometimesoff-puttingdisposition,aswellashispoliticalguile.TheeventsMcCulloughrecountsarewell-known,butwithhisastute...readmore--ThistextreferstotheHardcoveredition.TableofContentsPartICHAPTERONECHAPTERTWOCHAPTERTHREEPARTIICHAPTERFOURCHA
