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The Cover of John Adams |
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| Author(s) | David McCullough |
| Country | U.S. |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | History/U.S. History/American Revolution |
| Genre(s) | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Publication date | May 22, 2001 |
| Pages | 751 pages |
| ISBN | 9781416575887 (paperback) 0684813637 (hardcover) |
| OCLC Number | 191069913 |
| Followed by | 1776 |
John Adams is a 2001 biography of Founding Father and second U.S. President John Adams written by popular historian David McCullough. It won a 2002 Pulitzer Prize (for "Biography or Autobiography") and has been made into a TV miniseries with the same name by HBO Films. Since the TV miniseries debuted, an alternative cover has been added to the book showing Paul Giamatti as John Adams. The book is available as both hardcover and paperback.
In 2009, McCullough acknowledged having misquoted Thomas Jefferson in John Adams. He was criticized in a Harper's Magazine review of the book, which claimed that McCullough had mistakenly attributed Jefferson as having referred to the second president as a "colossus of independence." Upon being confronted about the accusation, McCullough admitted that he had, in fact, "erred."
"It's hard work; you're trying to get the truth about distant times," he told The Associated Press. "When you make the mistakes, it's very painful, but you will make mistakes. We're imperfect, in an imperfect world."[1]
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