John Adams, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and its second president, was a brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible patriot. Called “the colossus of independence” by his friend and sometimes bitter rival Thomas Jefferson, Adams’s long life encompassed huge arcs in time and space: from a Massachusetts farm to the Versailles of Louis XVI; from risking his life as a signer of the Declaration of Independence to standing in the court of St. James before King George III as the representative of the new nation. His long marriage to the wise and valiant Abigail is one the great love stories in American history. Our text, David McCullough’s Pulitzer Prize-winning John Adams (Simon & Schuster, 2001) is a book about war and social issues, but also about human nature, love, religious faith, virtue, ambition, friendship and betrayal. Above all, the life of John Adams is an enthralling, often surprising story of one of the most important and fascinating Americans of all time. Please join us.
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