John Adams

图书标准信息

• 作者 David McCullough 著
• 出版社 Oversea Publishing House
• 出版时间 2002-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780743223133
• 定价 146.90元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 752页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

AbiographyoftheextraordinarymanwhobecamethesecondpresidentoftheUnitedStates,thisbooktracesJohnAdams'adventurouslifeandspiritedrivalrywithThomasJefferson,andencompassesboththeAmericanRevolutionandthebirthoftheyoungrepublic.DavidMcCulloughdescribesthechildhood,youthandcomingofageofAdams,thefiercelydrivenMassachusettsfarmer-lawyerwhosemarriagetoAbigailisoneofthegreatreal-lifelovestories.HealsotellsthestoryofhislifelongrivalThomasJefferson,theVirginiaplanterandslave-owner.Throughtheirlives,McCulloughexplorestheextraordinaryfactorsthattransformed13coloniesintoaunitednationthateventuallybroughtthesetwodistinctlydissimilarmentothepresidency.

【作者简介】

DavidMcCulloughistheauthorofseveralhighlyacclaimedworksofbiographyandhistoryincludingTRUMAN(forwhichhewonthePulitzerPrizein1993),BRAVECOMPANIONS,THEGREATBRIDGEandTHEJONESTOWNFLOOD.HehasalsowontheLOSANGELESTIMESBookAwardandistwicewinneroftheNationalBookAward.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.

【目录】

PARTⅠ:  REVOLUTION

　CHAPTER ONE: The Road to Philade@hia 

　CHAPTER TWO: True Blue 

　CHAPTER THREE: Colossus of Independence 

PART Ⅱ:  DISTANT SHORES

　CHAPTER FOUR: Appointment to France 

　CHAPTER FIVE:  Unalterably Determined 

　CHAPTER SIX: dbigail in Paris 

　CHAPTERSEVEN: London 

PART Ⅲ:  INDEPENDENCE FOREVER

　CHAPTER EIGHT: Heir dpparent 

　CHAPTER NINE: Old Oak 

　CHAPTER TEN: Statesman 

　CHAPTER ELEVEN : Rejoice Ever More 

　CHAPTER TWELVE: Journey's End 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

SOURCE NOTES 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

INDEX