by Rich Wandschneider | Mar 22, 2012 | Adams and Jefferson, Albany Plan, Alvin Josephy, Benjamin Franklin, David McCullough, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson
I finished reading David McCullough’s John Adams, and despite the fact that he omits early colonial dealings with Native peoples, I enjoyed it immensely. It was good to see and hear how narrow the passages to the government we got were—how, as McCullough says in other...
by Rich Wandschneider | Mar 14, 2012 | Age of Jackson, Alvany Plan, Benjamin Franklin, David McCullough, Indan history, Iroquis Legue, John Adams, Trail of Tears
I had been reading David McCullough’s book, John Adams, with great pleasure. My knowledge of colonial times and the birth of the nation is old and limited, so the exploration of the lives and careers of Adams, Franklin, Jefferson, Jay, Madison, Hamilton, and all of...
