Super. I read this- like all biographies I read -for the history way more than for the person, but she deftly weaves the history into the Adams story. Stirring in parts- I find myself reading parts of it to whoever happens to be around at the time. No doubt this is in part due to her "controversial" inclusion of imagined dialog in certain situations- she is guesstimating his or another's thoughts and turning them in to a story telling dialog. I say: fine! if you trust the writer (and I do) this is just a technique to make the story come alive without the hypocrisy of supposedly objective history. ( )

A satisfying biography of the Massachusetts politician and president of the USA. It creates a pleasing amount of background and material on the other founding fathers of the USA. Well worth the time, though a really good map of the Boston Area would have been very helpful. ( )

Much better than David McCullough's later biography of Adams. But, also, compliment's McCullough's nicely since this book covers Adam's life upto the Revolution and McCullough's book focuses on Adam's life after the Revolution. ( )

2/16/23

Two Copies