John Adams (book)

John Adams (book)

Infobox Book
name = John Adams
orig title = John Adams
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image_caption = The Cover of John Adams
author = David McCullough
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country = U.S.
language = English
series =
subject = History/U.S. History/American Revolution
genre = Non-fiction
publisher = Simon & Schuster
release_date = 2001
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pages = 751 pages
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isbn = 9781416575887 (paperback) 0684813637 (hardcover)
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followed_by = 1776

"John Adams" is a 2001 biography of Founding Father and U.S. President John Adams written by popular historian David McCullough. It won a 2002 Pulitzer Prize (for "Biography or Autobiography") [2002 Pulitzer Prize] and has been made into a TV miniseries with the same name by HBO Films. [John Adams (TV miniseries)]

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