"THE COLOSSUS OF INDEPENDENCE": FIRST EDITION OF JOHN ADAMS, BOLDLY SIGNED BY DAVID MCCULLOUGH
(ADAMS, John) McCULLOUGH, David. John Adams. New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001). Octavo, original half black paper boards, pictorial endpapers, original dust jacket.
First edition of McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Founding Father John Adams, signed on the title page by McCullough.
McCullough won his second Pulitzer Prize (he received his first for his 1992 book about Harry Truman) for this fascinating biography of John Adams. "Like Truman, Adams is portrayed by McCullough as a scrupulously honest man… McCullough hails Adams for being uncannily prescient about the Revolution and the course of American democracy, foreseeing a myriad of developments, from the difficulty of defeating the British and the decisive role of naval strength to the divisive consequences of slavery. And he credits this tireless statesman, above all others, with making 'the Declaration of Independence happen when it did'" (New York Times). Illustrated with eight pages of color illustrations and 32 pages of black-and-white illustrations.
A fine signed copy.